System and process for limiting distribution of information on a communication network based on geographic location
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04K-001/00
G06F-013/00
출원번호
UP-0647635
(1999-03-30)
등록번호
US-7792297
(2010-09-27)
국제출원번호
PCT/US1999/006943
(1999-03-30)
§371/§102 date
20000928
(20000928)
국제공개번호
WO99/051038
(1999-10-07)
발명자
/ 주소
Piccionelli, Greg A.
Rittmaster, Ted R.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
111인용 특허 :
57
초록▼
A communications system includes a plurality of recipient processors located at geographically remote locations with respect to each other and connected for communication with an information provider processor, over the communications network. The provider and recipient processors may comprise respe
A communications system includes a plurality of recipient processors located at geographically remote locations with respect to each other and connected for communication with an information provider processor, over the communications network. The provider and recipient processors may comprise respective computers coupled for communication on the Internet or WWW. The provider processor is capable of providing information from any suitable source, by communicating such information over a communications network. However, access to the information by the recipient processors is controlled, based on the geographic location or region of the recipient processors. Each recipient processor is operably associated with a positioning system for providing geographic location information corresponding to the location or region in which the positioning system is located, such as a global positioning system GPS. The geographic position information is used to determine whether or not the processor requesting the information is within a restricted (or limited) or non-restricted region. This determination may be made comparing the geographic information provided by the recipient processor and positioning system with a list of non-restricted or non-limited (or a list of restricted or limited) geographic locations or regions.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A method for communicating text or image information between a plurality of first computers and a second computer coupled to a communications network dependent on geographic locations of the first computers, the method comprising: receiving, at the second computer, a request
What is claimed is: 1. A method for communicating text or image information between a plurality of first computers and a second computer coupled to a communications network dependent on geographic locations of the first computers, the method comprising: receiving, at the second computer, a request from a first one of the first computers for particular text or image information provided over the communications network; receiving location information corresponding to a geographic location of said first one of the first computers; receiving, at the second computer, a request from a second one of the first computers for the particular text or image information provided over the communications network; receiving location information corresponding to a geographic location of said second one of the first computers; determining, from the location information, whether or not the geographic location of said first one of the first computers is within one or more predefined regions; determining, from the location information, whether or not the geographic location of said second one of the first computers is within the one or more predefined regions; and providing said first one of the first computers access to a first text or image information over the communications network in response to the request from said first one of the first computers for the particular text or image information, upon the geographic location of said first one of the first computers being determined to be within a predefined region; and providing said second one of the first computers access to a second text or image information in response to the request from said second one of the first computers for the particular text or image information, upon the geographic location of said second one of the first computers not determined to be within one of the predefined regions, wherein the second text or image information is different from the first text or image information; wherein one of the first and second text or image information is a partial version of the other one of the first and second text or image information; and wherein the partial version of the one of the first and second text or image information is unrelated to the relative distance between the geographic locations of said first and second ones of the first computers. 2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communications network comprises the Internet. 3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said receiving location information comprises receiving location information from a satellite signal receiving and processing system associated with the first computer. 4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said first text or image information comprises part of but not the entire second text or image information. 5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein, upon the geographic location of said first one of the first computers not determined to be within a predefined region, the method further comprises communicating to said first one of the first computers a warning message or a denial message. 6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein, upon the geographic location of said first one of the first computers not determined to be within a predefined region, the method further comprises communicating to said first one of the first computers a request for further information. 7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein, after and upon the geographic location of said first one of the first computers being determined to be within a predefined region, the method further comprises: communicating to said first one of the first computers a request for further information; and providing said first one of the first computers with access to the first text or image information in the event that the further information is received from said first one of the computers and denying said first one of the first computers access to the requested text or image information in the event that the further information is not received from said first one of the first computers. 8. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein said further information comprises payment information. 9. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the second text or image information comprises a part of but not the entire first text or image information. 10. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein providing access to a first text or image information over the communications network and providing access to a second text or image information over the communications network comprises communicating the first and second text or image information from the second computer. 11. A method for communicating text or image information between first and second computers coupled to a communications network dependent on geographic location of the first computer, the method comprising: receiving, at the second computer, a request from the first computer for particular text or image information provided over the communications network; receiving location information corresponding to a geographic location of the first computer; determining, from the location information, whether or not the geographic location of the first computer is within one or more predefined regions; and providing access to a first text or image information over the communications network in response to the request for the particular text or image information in the event that the geographic location of the first computer is determined to be within a predefined region, and providing access to a second text or image information in response to the request for the particular text or image information in the event that the geographic location of the first computer is not determined to be within a predefined region, wherein the second text or image information is different from the first text or image information; wherein, in the event that the geographic location of the first computer is not determined to be within a predefined region, the method further comprises providing access to the second text or image information to the first computer only in the event that an acceptance of an agreement is received from the first computer, wherein, in the event that the geographic location of the first computer is determined to be within a predefined region, the method further comprises providing access to the first text or image information whether or not an acceptance of an agreement is received; and one of the first and second text or image information is a partial version of the other one of the first and second text or image information. 12. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein the first text or image information is a partial version of the second text or image information.
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