Patent ID: 8296335
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F,H04L,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for advertising over the Internet, comprising: at a database, receiving at least in part through the Internet, a request from one of a plurality of ports remotely located from the database, the request containing (a) at least one user-selected category and (b) a user-selected geographic vicinity; determining, at the database, a response to the request, the response defining locations of a plurality of items of interest within the user-selected geographic vicinity and based upon the at least one user-selected category; determining, at the database, a plurality of advertisements in response to the request the plurality of advertisements being included within the response; and from the database, transmitting, at least in part through the Internet, the response to the port for graphical display at the port wherein at least part of the graphical display is selectable by the user.