Granted Patent B2

US 7,418,402 · App. 09/443,038 · Granted Aug 26, 2008

Assignee: First Aura, LLC

Abstract

Claims (38)

1. A method of providing information to a user comprising:

collecting information at a first computer system;

creating a plurality of first web-sites at said first computer system from said information, each of said first web-sites being addressable by a unique Universal Resource Locator (URL) and each of said first web-sites being identified by a physical location;

assigning one of said first web-sites to a user as a user web-site; and

selecting links to a plurality of said first web-sites, other than said user web-site, for presentation on said user web-site based on a relationship between the physical locations identified by said first web-sites and the physical location identified by said user web-site.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said location associated with said user web-site is the physical location of a computer system of said user.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

specifying the physical location associated with said user web-site by said user.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the physical location associated with said user web-site is based on a current telephone number at which the user is located.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said user specifies said physical location at a first time, the method further comprising:

modifying said predetermined physical location by said user at a second time.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

accessing said user web-site by said user.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the user's computer system is coupled to the first computer system via the Internet.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the user's computer system is coupled to the Internet via a telephone connection and said physical location is based on a location of said telephone connection.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

defining a local area relative to said physical location associated with said user's web-site such that the physical locations associated with said selected links to the plurality of first web-sites is in said local area.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said local area is a circular area having a predetermined radius from the physical location associated with said user's web-site.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein said local area is a political area including said the physical location associated with said user's web-site.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein said local area is a zip-code area including the physical location associated with said user's web-site.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein said local area is a square area including the physical location associated with said user's web-site.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein said local area is a circular area having a radius from said physical location associated with said user's web-site such that said circular area includes a threshold amount of entities.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said entities are telephone number connection locations.

16. A method of providing information to a user comprising:

collecting information at a first computer system;

creating a plurality of first web-sites at said first computer system from said information, each of said first web-sites being addressable by a unique Universal Resource Locator (URL) and each of said first web-sites being identified by a physical location;

assigning one of said first web-sites to a user as a user web-site;

selecting links to a plurality of said first web-sites, other than said user web-site, for presentation on said user web-site based on a relationship between the physical locations identified by said first web-sites and the physical location identified by said user web-site; and

accessing said user web-site by a second user.

17. A system for providing information to a user comprising:

a first computer system adapted to collect information and organize said information into a plurality of first web-sites, each of said first web-sites being addressable by a Universal Resource Locator (URL) and each of said first web-sites being identified by a physical location, said first computer system further adapted to assign one of said first, web-sites to a user as a user web-site and present links to a plurality of said first web-sites, other than said user web-site, on said user web-site based on a relationship between the physical locations identified by said first web-sites and the physical location identified by said user web-site.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein said first computer system is adapted to define a local area relative to said physical location associated with said user's web-site such that the physical locations associated with said selected links to the plurality of first web-sites is in said local area.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein said local area is a circular area having a predetermined radius from the physical location associated with said user's web-site.

20. The system of claim 18 wherein said local area is a political area including said the physical location associated with said user's web-site.

21. The system of claim 18 wherein said local area is a zip-code area including the physical location associated with said user's web-site.

22. The system of claim 18 wherein said local area is a square area including the physical location associated with said user's web-site.

23. The system of claim 18 wherein said local area is a circular area having a radius from said physical location associated with said user's web-site such that said circular area includes a threshold amount of entities.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein said entities are telephone number connection locations.

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