Method for generating location targeted, keyword-triggered, ads and generating user recallable layer-based ads

A computer implemented method comprising:

• searching content comprising text to determine location information for each of a plurality of physical locations of a particular entity by comparing a name of the particular entity to the text of the content;
• determining the location information for each of the plurality of physical locations for the particular entity from the text of the content;
• storing, in a database, the location information of each of the plurality of physical locations in correlation with one or more keywords associated with the particular entity;
• receiving, over a network from a user terminal, a user-entered query that includes at least one of the keywords and a search location;
• searching the database for the location information of at least some of the plurality of physical locations that are in proximity to the search location;
• generating a map of a region that includes the search location;
• generating an overlying layer for the map, the overlying layer including one or more markers that are positioned to overlay the map at the at least some of the plurality of the physical locations that are located within the region;
• generating a list of the at least some of the plurality of the physical locations that are located within the map region, the list including the name of the particular entity and one or more details relating to each of the at least some of the plurality of physical locations that are within the region;
• and
• transmitting at least the map together with the list over the network to the user terminal for display on a display screen, the map and the list being initially shown concurrently at different regions of the display screen.

A system comprising:

• a server, including:
• a memory that is configured to store a computer-readable electronic database, and
• a processor that is configured to search content to determine location information for each of a plurality of physical locations of a particular entity by comparing an identifier associated with the particular entity to the content, to determine the location information for each of the plurality of physical locations for the particular entity from the content, to store, in the database, the location information of each of the plurality of physical locations in correlation with one or more keywords associated with the particular entity, to receive, over a network from a user terminal, a user-entered query that includes at least one of the keywords and a search location, to search the database for location information of the physical locations that are in proximity to the search location, to generate a map of a region that includes the search location, to generate an overlying layer for the map, the overlying layer including one or more markers that are positioned to overlay the map at the physical locations that are located within the map region, to generate a further overlying layer that includes a list of the physical locations that are located within the map region, the further overlying layer obscuring at least a portion of the map, and to transmit at least the map and a user interface element over the network to the user terminal for display on a display screen, the user interface element being configured to toggle a display of the further overlying layer that includes the list of the physical locations that are located within the map region.