System and Method for Performing Local Searches Across User Defined Events

Abstract

The instant invention presents a system and method for performing local searches across one or more events created by one or more users. The system of the present invention comprises an event data structure comprising one or more user defined events, each event associated with a zip code. A zip list processor is provided to receive a zip code and a distance value, e.g., from user defined input, which are used to calculate a zip list comprising all zip codes geographically located with the distance value from the zip code. An event list generator to receives the zip list and queries the event data structure to retrieve events associated with zip codes contained in the zip list. The method of the present invention comprises creating an event data structure comprising one or more user defined events, each event associated with a zip code, calculating a zip list comprising all zip codes geographically located within a distance equal to a received distance value from a received zip code, and querying the event data structure to retrieve events associated with zip codes contained in the zip list.

1 . A system for performing searches across user defined events for an arbitrary geographic region or regions, the system comprising:
 an event data structure comprising one or more user defined events, each event associated with a zip code;   a zip list processor, operative to receive a zip code and a distance value, which are used to calculate a zip list comprising all zip codes geographically located within the distance value from the zip code; and   an event list generator to receive the zip list and query the event data structure to retrieve events associated with zip codes contained in the zip list.   
     
     
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