Patent ID: 6154172
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for controlling the distribution of text or image information from an information provider processor to a plurality of recipient processors on a communications network, based on the geographic locations of the recipient processors the method comprising:associating a respective positioning system with each respective recipient processor;generating location information with a first one of said positioning systems and providing the location information to the recipient processor associated with the first positioning system, said location information corresponding to the general geographic location of the positioning system;communicating, on the communications network, location information from the recipient processor associated with the first positioning system to the provider processor;determining, from the location information, whether the geographic location of the first positioning system is within a predefined location or region for which limitations or restrictions to access are imposed;providing the recipient processor associated with the first positioning system with access to first text or image information in the event that the geographic location of the first positioning system is determined to be within a location or region for which limitations or restrictions to access are imposed in said determining step, and providing the recipient processor with access to second text or image information in the event that the geographic location of the first positioning system is determined to not be within a location or region for which limitations or restrictions to access are imposed in said determining step, wherein said second text or image information includes text or image information different from said first text or image information.