Patent ID: 6570975
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: H04M,H04Q,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of determining information about a second location relatively near a first location, the second location being selected from a plurality of possible second locations based on a location identifier received during communication over a network and based on information derived from the United States Census Bureau Topological Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) files, the method comprising:receiving a location identifier associated with a first location over a network during communication with a first party; linking the received location identifier to a relatively spatially near second location selected from a plurality of possible second locations based on information obtained at least in part from the TIGER files, the second location having a spatial location definition of any size or shape; retrieving information associated with said second location in accordance with said linking; and providing the retrieved information to the network.