Patent ID: 6385622
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F,H04L,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
System for remotely determining the position of a selected category of items of interest in a selected geographic vicinity from a database, the system comprising(A) a database for storing information about a plurality of items of interest, the information including, for each of the items of interest, a geographical position and at least one associated category, (B) a communications link for communicating between a user of the system and the database, (C) an information controller for transmitting a portion of the information in the database to the user via the link upon receipt of a request signal representative of a selected category and geographic vicinity, the transmitted portion of the information including identification of geographic position for at least one of the items of interest within the selected category and geographic vicinity, and (D) a port for remotely accessing the portion of information via the link, the port generating the request signal in response to inputs by the user which are representative of the selected category and geographic vicinity, the port having a user interface for accepting the inputs and for indicating to the user the position at least one of the items of interest in the selected category and geographic vicinity.