Patent ID: 8996546
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a plurality of digital replicas of physical region-based publications to a user system, the method comprising the steps of: storing, for each physical region-based publication, document information from which a digital replica of at least a portion of the physical region-based publication can be provided; storing a region identifier for each document information corresponding to the region in which the physical region-based publication is targeted; receiving a region input indicative of a location of interest from the user system; utilizing the region input and the plurality of region identifiers to retrieve the document information for at least two physical region-based publications; transmitting to the user system at least a portion of the document information indicative of the at least two physical region-based publications associated with the location of interest; receiving from the user system a selection of at least one of the at least two physical region-based publications; and transmitting at least a portion of the document information to the user system so as to allow a user of the user system to perceive the selected physical region-based publication in an electronic format that substantially corresponds to the format found in the physical region-based publication as it was physically published.