Patent Application Number: 2007342244
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Patent/Application # US6944447
Description
US Patent for location-based services.
Patent/Application # 7603360
Description
This patent describes a very similar idea of using information to provide more relevant search results and enhancements for many other network-based activities. Basically, search is refined with the knowledge of location and other information, and location information can be gathered via GPS module, GSM cell tower triangulation or be provided manually by the user when performing the search.
Patent/Application # 6553310
Description
This patent talks about using location information during searching in order to get more relevant information for the users. Concept-wise, it is essentially the same as this application by Yahoo!, because both of them are using location information in order to deliver better search results to the users.
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