Using boundaries associated with a map view for business...

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2008-05-13

2008-05-13

Zanelli, Michael J. (Department: 3661)

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Navigation

Employing position determining equipment

C701S200000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07373246

ABSTRACT:
A system aggregates entity location information from multiple documents distributed among multiple locations in a network. The system searches the entity location information to identify a first set of entities located within the entirety of a first geographic region selected by a user. The system provides a first digital map to the user via a network, the first digital map including the first geographic region and further including visual representations of the first set of identified entities and their associated geographic locations.

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www.mapquest.com; May 18, 2004.
Pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/138,670, filed May 27, 2005 entitled “Scoring Local Search Results Based On Location Prominence” by Brian O'Clair et al., 46 pages.

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