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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2012
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Stephen Schwent, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Cliff Ravenscraft, Kirkwood, MO (US);
MasterCard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method including executing instructions stored on a computer-readable medium is provided. The method includes receiving a request for location services from a user, the request including one or more request parameters. The method also includes formatting the request as a single uniform resource locator (URL) string including the one or more request parameters and transmitting the formatted request to a first of a plurality of geolocation service providers. The method also includes receiving from the first of a plurality of geolocation service providers one or more geographic coordinates related to the request and the one or more request parameters. The method includes outputting the one or more geographic coordinates to the user.