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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2005
Applicants:

Kurt Nosack, Payson, UT (US);

Christopher Jean Seiler, Provo, UT (US);

Ty Ellis, Elk Ridge, UT (US);

Inventors:

Kurt Nosack, Payson, UT (US);

Christopher Jean Seiler, Provo, UT (US);

Ty Ellis, Elk Ridge, UT (US);

Assignee:

Novell, Inc., Provo, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30041 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method are provided for determining a nearest network resource using GPS coordinates. A GPS enabled computer device may obtain its location by requesting its GPS location. A list of network servers storing the desired data may be obtained by the computer system and the distance between each of the servers and the computer device may be calculated. The system then connects to the resource having the shortest distance without requiring a user to know and decide which server is closest to their location.


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