Patent ID: 7929954

Claim:
A method of limiting presentation of rules based events, the method comprising: receiving, over a network, a request to view a rules based event at a computer; obtaining a first estimate of a first geographic location of the computer, wherein the first estimate of the first geographic location includes a first confidence determination; if the first confidence determination is less than a first established confidence level, obtaining a second estimate of the first geographic location of the computer, wherein the second estimate of the first geographic location includes a second confidence determination for comparison to a second established confidence level, and further wherein the first estimate and the second estimate of the first geographic location define a composite estimated geographic location of the computer; retrieving information on a second geographic location of the rules based event; comparing the retrieved information on the second geographic location of the rules based event with the composite estimated geographic location of the computer; and providing access to the rules based event based on access rules, the comparison of the retrieved information on the second geographic location of the rules based event, and the composite estimated geographic location of the computer.