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AssigneeCivix Corporation
InventorsW. Lincoln Bouve, William T. Semple, Steven W. Oxman
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A user can access a common database from a remote communications port, at any qualified location, to generate a map or other positional information which locates selected items of interest, e.g., businesses, stores, architectural sites, and the like. The database contains information representing the items of interest, including, for each of the items of interest, positional coordinates, a geographic vicinity, and a selected category. The positional coordinates discretely locate the vicinity, while the vicinity specifies the exact locations of the items of interest in the selected category. For example, a user in New York can select the display of sporting shops in the area surrounding Chicago O'Hara International Airport selectively. A user can also access a port and display locations of items of interest within the same vicinity as the user and relative to the user's position. The database can be modified from qualified remote locations to change, or add to, the information therein. An advertisement can be tagged to the display or print out as an association with the selected items of interest.
System for remotely determining the position of a selected category of items of interest in a selected geographic vicinity from a database, the system comprising
Database apparatus for storing information about a plurality of items of interest, the information including, for each of the items of interest, a geographic vicinity, positional coordinates locating the geographic vicinity, and at least one associated category, comprising
Remote access port for remotely accessing a selected category of items of interest in a selected geographic vicinity from a database, the database being of the type which stores information about a plurality of items of interest, the information including, for each of the items of interest, a geographical vicinity, positional coordinates that locate the vicinity, and at least one associated category, the remote access port comprising
A method for remotely determining the position of each of a selected category of items of interest in a selected geographic vicinity from a database, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.