System for dynamically pushing information to a user utilizing global positioning system
View Patent ↗A computer implemented method is provided for directing region-specific information. The method receives information relating to location of users, and provides location-specific information to the users.
1. A computing device that facilitates searching for content, comprising:
a memory that stores data; and
a processor that interacts with a global positioning service in connection with establishing physical location of the device, the processor also transmits search queries for web pages to a search engine and receives search results that are displayed to a user, the search results comprise web pages having embedded region codes corresponding to the physical location of the device.
2. The device of claim 1 is a cellular phone.
3. The device of claim 1 is a personal data assistant.
4. The device of claim 1 is a lap top computer.
5. The device of claim 1 is an onboard computer of an automobile.
6. The device of claim 1 further comprising a display that visually conveys the search results.
7. The device of claim 1 , the processor provides to the search engine information related to demographics of a user.
8. The device of claim 1 , the processor provides to the search engine information related to preferences of a user.
9. A computing device that facilitates searching for content, comprising:
a memory that stores data; and
a processor that transmits to a search engine search queries for web pages and information related to location specific areas of interest to a user, the processor provides to the user search results comprising a plurality of web pages that are filtered at least in part on the location specific information and one or more embedded region codes.
10. The device of claim 9 , the processor transmits a zip code as at least part of the information related to location specific areas of interest to the user.
11. The device of claim 9 , the processor transmitting to the search engine user input information related to geographic region of interest.
12. The device of claim 9 , the processor transmitting to the search engine a geographic region of interest to limit the search results to, the region is defined in terms of a bounded area.
13. The device of claim 12 , the bounded area is defined in terms of square miles.
14. The device of claim 12 , the bounded area is defined in terms of city blocks.
15. The device of claim 12 , the bounded area is defined in terms of physical distance from current location of the user.
16. The device of claim 9 , the processor receiving search results that are filtered such that the results are limited to sources of content originating within a pre-determined distance from a current location of the user.
17. The device of claim 9 , the processor executes instructions that provides for the user to input geographic regions that search results should be limited to.
18. The device of claim 9 , the processor receives information pushed to the device as a function of location of the device.
19. The device of claim 9 , the memory having stored thereon computer executable instructions that provide for the device to receive search results that are associated with geographic regions of interest to the user.
20. A computing device that facilitates searching for content, comprising:
means identifying location of a user;
means for processing search queries for web pages from the user; and
means for transmitting search results to the user that are a function of the location of the user and one or more region codes embedded within one or more of the search results.