Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for searching a defined area. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method comprising receiving a plurality of product data, wherein the product data describes a plurality of products offered for sale by a plurality of businesses. Product data may be associated with a defined area, where the businesses each have a point-of-sale store located in the defined area. A user may enter a search request, and the system searches product data for a plurality of products in a plurality of point-of-sale stores in the defined area. The system outputs product data for point-of-sale stores located in said defined area matching said search request.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 30, 2007
Publication date:
October 22, 2009
Applicant:
NearbyNow
Inventors:
Scott Howard Dunlap, Dan Steinman, Jeff Piper, Josh Schaefer, Johannes Erdfelt, Quyen Tran, Wesley Chun, Paul Howe