Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Vicinity Corporation

Dwight Aspinwall

Gerald F Halstead

Charles Goldensher

Martin W Himmelstein

A method and apparatus for improving searching capability on a Web. At index time, a Web page is spidered and the text and metatags returned to a processor. The processor extracts spatial information from the text and metatags. A geocode is generated for the spatial information. The geocode is then indexed along with the remaining contents of the page. A subsequent query during query time can search for entries based on proximity to a known location using the indexed geocode.

Method and apparatus of expanding web searching capabilities

A method and system for providing a flexible, web-sharable database with proximity searching capability. A processor receives data from a remote source. A database manager assembles the data into a database dynamically conforming to the form of the data received. An address extraction extracts addressing information from the data received and supplies the addressing information to a geocoder. The geocoder generates a geocode corresponding to the addressing information and associates the geocode with the addressing information.

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Dwight Aspinwall