Geolocation restricted content registration and publication

Abstract

Content management server receives requests for geographically restricted domains and generates unique registrant identifiers responsive to the request based on the physical geographic location of the registrant and a related proximity condition. Each of the unique registrant identifiers identifying a registrant content server, and each of the registrant content servers storing content associated with the corresponding unique registrant identifier. The content management server receives queries from user devices, and the queries indicate a geographic location. The content management server identifies geographically relevant registrant content servers based on associated unique registrant identifiers relative to satisfied proximity conditions. The registrant content servers may communicate geographically relevant content objects to user devices.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 generating a plurality of unique registrant identifiers, each of the plurality of unique registrant identifiers being based on a unique geographic source location identifier and a proximity condition, the each of the plurality of unique registrant identifiers identifying a registrant content server, each of the registrant content servers storing content associated with the corresponding unique registrant identifier;   receiving the content from each of the registrant content servers into a content management datastore;   receiving a query from a user device, the query specifying a query geographic location;   identifying at least one unique registrant identifier of the plurality of unique registrant identifiers responsive to receiving the query, the identification being based on the query geographic location satisfying the proximity condition corresponding to the at least one unique registrant identifier;   selecting content from the content management datastore that corresponds to the at least one identified unique registrant identifier; and   transmitting the selected content from the content management datastore to the user device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 determining a geographic distance between the at least one unique registrant identifier and the query geographic location, satisfaction of the proximity condition being determined based on the determined geographic distance. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein one or more of the registrant content servers is a virtualized registrant content server stored locally on the content management server. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein one or more of the registrant content servers is a remote registrant content server. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the query geographic location is detected by the user device. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the query geographic location is selected by a user of the user device. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 determining whether the query geographic location is different from a previous query geographic location prior to identifying the at least one unique registrant identifier. 
 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the query geographic location and the proximity condition for each of the plurality of unique registrant identifiers define a geographic area where the user device may receive content associated with the corresponding unique registrant identifier. 
     
     
         9 . A content management server comprising:
 an identifier manager configured to generate a plurality of unique registrant identifiers, each of the plurality of unique registrant identifiers being based on a unique geographic source location identifier and a proximity condition, the each of the plurality of unique registrant identifiers identifying a registrant content server, each of the registrant content servers storing content associated with the corresponding unique registrant identifier;   a communication interface configured to receive the content from each registrant content server into a content management datastore and to receive a query from a user device, the query specifying a query geographic location;   a content server manager configured to identify at least one unique registrant identifier of the plurality of unique registrant identifiers responsive to receiving the query and to select content from the content management datastore that corresponds to the at least one identified unique registrant identifier, the identification based on the query geographic location satisfying the proximity condition corresponding to the at least one unique registrant identifier; and   a server interface configured to transmit the selected content from the content management datastore to the user device.   
     
     
         10 . The content management server of  claim 9  wherein one or more of the registrant content servers is a virtualized registrant content server stored locally at the content management server. 
     
     
         11 . The content management server of  claim 9  wherein one or more of the registrant content servers is a remote registrant content server. 
     
     
         12 . The content management server of  claim 9  wherein the content server manager is further configured to determine a geographic distance between the at least one unique registrant identifier and the query geographic location, satisfaction of the proximity condition being determined based on the determined geographic distance. 
     
     
         13 . The content management server of  claim 9  wherein the query geographic location is detected by the user device. 
     
     
         14 . The content management server of  claim 9  wherein the query geographic location is selected by a user of the user device. 
     
     
         15 . One or more tangible processor-readable storage media encoding processor-executable instructions for executing on a computer system a process comprising:
 generating a plurality of unique registrant identifiers, each of the plurality of unique registrant identifiers being based on a unique geographic source location identifier and a proximity condition, the each of the plurality of unique registrant identifiers identifying a registrant content server, each of the registrant content servers storing content associated with the corresponding unique registrant identifier;   receiving the content from each registrant content server into a content management datastore;   receiving a query from a user device, the query specifying a query geographic location;   identifying at least one unique registrant identifier of the plurality of unique registrant identifiers responsive to receiving the query, the identification being based on the query geographic location satisfying the proximity condition corresponding to the at least one unique registrant identifier;   selecting content from the content management datastore that corresponds to the at least one identified unique registrant identifier; and   transmitting the selected content from the content management datastore to the user device.   
     
     
         16 . The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of  claim 15  wherein process further comprises:
 determining a geographic distance between the at least one unique registrant identifier and the query geographic location, satisfaction of the proximity condition being determined based on the determined geographic distance. 
 
     
     
         17 . The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of  claim 15  wherein one or more of the registrant content servers is a virtualized registrant content server stored locally at a content management server. 
     
     
         18 . The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of  claim 15  wherein one or more of the registrant content servers is a remote registrant content server. 
     
     
         19 . The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of  claim 15  wherein the query geographic location is detected by the user device. 
     
     
         20 . The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of  claim 15  wherein the query geographic location is selected by a user of the user device.