Apparatus and method for associating a geospacial location to content on a network
View Patent ↗The format of the Presence Information Data Format—Location Object (PIDF-LO) as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is extended or modified to accommodate, within the standard PIDF-LO format, an association of geospacial location to virtual content on the Internet. A filename of virtual content is associated with geospacial location information (either a specific location, zone, or direction). The filename is inserted into a <presence . . . > section of a Presence Information Data Format-Location Object (PIDF-LO) compliant document as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). In this way, geospacial location information is associated with Internet based virtual content using a standard PIDF-LO format.
1. A method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network, comprising:
identifying an Extensible Markup Language (XML) content identifier for XML content stored on a physical network server;
retrieving, from a geospacial locating device, geospacial location information associated with said XML content; and
formulating a physically network server stored Presence Information Data Format-Location Object (PIDF-LO) compliant data document, as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), to comprise said XML content identifier and said XML content associated geospacial location information.
2. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said filename of said XML content identifier is inserted in an “entity=” list in said <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO compliant data document.
3. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 2 , wherein:
said filename of said XML content identifier is inserted in a “src=” list in said <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO compliant data document.
4. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said filename of said XML content identifier is inserted in a “src=” list in said <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO compliant data document.
5. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said filename of said XML content identifier is inserted in a “name=” list in said <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO compliant data document.
6. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said geospacial location information identifies a specific zone.
7. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 6 , wherein:
said specific zone is defined using a coordinate based polygon system.
8. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 7 , wherein:
said coordinate based polygon system is defined using an assigned numbering system.
9. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said geospacial location information identifies a specific latitude/longitude.
10. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said geospacial location information is defined directionally.
11. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said network is an Internet.
12. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said network is a corporate Intranet.
13. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said network is a corporate Extranet.
14. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said XML content comprises text.
15. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said XML content comprises at least one image.
16. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said XML content comprises audio.
17. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said XML content comprises video.
18. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
said XML content is Multimedia Internet Message Extensions (MIME) type content.
19. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , further comprising:
tagging descriptive information relating to said location aware XML content in said <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO document.
20. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 19 , wherein:
said tagged descriptive information is included in said <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO document.
21. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 19 , wherein:
said tagged descriptive information includes a “virtual=” tag.
22. Apparatus for associating a geospacial location to content on a network, comprising:
means for identifying an Extensible Markup Language (XML) content identifier for XML content stored on a physical network server;
means for retrieving, from a geospacial locating device, geospacial location information associated with said XML content; and
means for formulating a physically network server stored Presence Information Data Format-Location Object (PIDF-LO) compliant data document, as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), to comprise said XML content identifier and said XML content associated geospacial location information.
23. The apparatus for associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 22 , wherein:
said filename of said XML content identifier is inserted in an “entity=” list in said <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO compliant data document.
24. The apparatus for associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 22 , wherein:
said filename of said XML content identifier is also inserted in a “src=” list in said <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO compliant data document.
25. The apparatus for associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 22 , wherein:
said filename of said XML content identifier is inserted in a “src=” list in said <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO compliant data document.
26. The apparatus for associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 22 , wherein:
said filename of said XML content identifier is inserted in a “name=” list in said <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO compliant data document.
27. The apparatus for associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 22 , wherein:
said XML content is Multimedia Internet Message Extensions (MIME) type content.
28. The apparatus for associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 22 , further comprising:
means for tagging descriptive information relating to said location aware XML content in said <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO document.
29. The apparatus for associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 28 , wherein:
said tagged descriptive information is included in said <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO document.