Patent Document ID: 20080307053
Application ID: 11933818
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for permitting information specific to a geographic location to be rated by users in the geographic location and by users, in other locations concentrically located from the geographic location, for providing the most relevant information in an ordered rank to users in that geographic location and in other locations concentrically located from the geographic location, said method comprising: (a) providing information that is pertinent to the geographical location; (b) making such information available to users in the geographical location; (c) permitting the users in the geographical location to rate the information, and along with temporal and physical parameters, to form first user responses; (d) providing said first user responses to a ranking engine for determining a first level rank for said information; (e) permitting users in the other locations concentrically located from the geographic location to experience the information and to rate the information, and along with temporal and physical parameters, to form second user responses; (f) providing said second user responses to said ranking engine for determining a second level rank; (g) repeating steps (e) and (f) to modify said second level rank to form a revised level rank; and (h) providing the information, in ordered rank, to the users in the geographic location and in the other locations based on said revised level rank.