System and method for determining a nearest network resource using GPS coordinates

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for determining a nearest network resource using global positioning system (GPS) coordinates, comprising:
receiving, at a mobile computer device, a request to establish a connection with a network to access data stored on the network, wherein the mobile computer device is a laptop computer device operated by a user; obtaining, at the mobile computer device, GPS coordinates indicating a geographic location for the mobile computer device from one or more GPS satellites; obtaining, at the mobile computer device, zip codes for the multiple servers maintained in a list on the mobile computer device, wherein the multiple servers storing the requested data on the network; calculating, on the mobile computer device, distances from the geographic location for the mobile computer device to geographic locations for the multiple servers in the list by resolving a mobile device zip code for the GPS coordinates on the mobile device and calculating the distances from the mobile device zip code to the zip codes maintained in the list on the mobile device for the multiple servers; calculating, on the mobile computer device, response times for a subset of the multiple servers in the list for which the calculated distances from the geographic location for the mobile computer device are shortest, wherein the subset of the multiple servers in the list includes a plurality of the multiple servers in the list; and establishing, on the mobile computer device, the connection to one of the plurality of servers in the subset of the multiple servers for which the calculated response time is shortest, wherein the mobile computer device accesses the data stored on the network from the one of the plurality of servers in the subset of the multiple servers for h the calculated response time is shortest.