| 摘要 |
A computer displays information in a web page according to geographical information. In a first embodiment, a new HTML tag is defined that allows specifying a geographical location or region. A geographical location specification is set in the web browser, whi ch then displays the web page to the user according to the geographical location specification input by the user. Note that the geographical location may be set manually by a user specifying geographical location or region by inputting information in the computer, such as city, state, zip code, area code, or by pointing to a location on a map. In addition, the geographical region may be set automatically by an internal global positioning system (GPS) detector that detects the geographical location of the computer. In a second embodiment, a geographical location specification is set in the web browser, and this location information is then transmitted to a web server along with a reques t for a web page. The web server then renders a web page that is customized according to the transmitted geographical location specification. As in the first embodiment, the location may be set manually by a user, or may be set automatically using an internal GPS detector in the computer.</SD OAB>
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