Virtual location aware content using presence information data formation with location object (PIDF-LO)
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 geospatial 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:
associating, at a physical network server, geospacial location information with XML content via an XML content identifier; and
formulating, at said physical network server, a Presence Information Data Format-Location Object (PIDF-LO) document including said geospacial location information associated with said XML content via said XML content identifier.
2. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
a filename of said XML content identifier is inserted in an “entity=” list in a <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO document.
3. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 2 , wherein:
a filename of said XML content identifier is inserted in a “src=” list in a <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO document.
4. The method of associating a geospacial location to content on a network according to claim 1 , wherein:
a filename of said XML content identifier is inserted in a “src=” list in a <presence . . . > section of said PIDF-LO 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.
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 XML content identifier in a <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 a <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.