[OSM-talk] [Fwd: [Geowanking] Geographic Search Patented]

Robert (Jamie) Munro rjmunro at arjam.net
Thu Jul 12 12:59:53 BST 2007


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Raphaël Jacquot wrote:
> here it is, the biggest WTF ever :
> 
> Local.com was awarded a patent on Geocoding & Geographic search (filed
> 2005)

> Abstract:
> A local search engine geographically indexes information for searching
> by identifying a geocoded web page of a web site and identifying at
> least one geocodable web page of the web site. The system identifies a
> geocode contained within content of the geocoded web page of the web
> site. The geocode indicates a physical location of an entity
> associated with the web site. The system indexes content of the
> geocoded web page and content of the geocodable web page. The indexing
> including associating the geocode contained within content of the
> geocoded web page to the indexed content of the geocoded web page and
> the geocodable web page to allow geographical searching of the content
> of the web pages.

The 2002 Google Programming Contest Winner seems to have done exactly
the same thing.

http://www.google.com/programming-contest/winner.html

Prior art by 3 years.

Robert (Jamie) Munro
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