Automatic-User-location

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User Behavior Assumptions

  • User selects LOCATION=STATE,CITY pair when registering
  • If UNLOGGED-IN-USER selects LOCATION use this as computer LOCATION and save as PERMANENT-LOCATION-COOKIE
  • If a user registers and there are no PERMANENT-LOCATION-COOKIES then set the PERMANENT-LOCATION-COOKIE as what he registered with.
  • If the user logs in use the computer PERMANENT-LOCATION-COOKIE as the LOCATION.


Proposed-Features

  • IP ADDRESS versus geolocation database
  • DB-RECORD = [ IP-ADDRESS, STATE , CITY , LATITUDE, LONGITUDE ]



  • A GEO-LOCATION database will have a probabalistic distribution. Detection of highest percentile is more complication.
  • The metric to use is the one that is most useful to the user.
  • This may or may not be exactly where their home town is.



Design Conclusions

  • Put a very visible location interface on the front page to engage user participation and usage
  • GEOLOCATION database should start of simply with only 1 entry per IP address. This will allow portability of user entered data from one computer to another for instance in a LAN house or home network.


PseudoCode

  • User navigates to eMarketBrasil.com
  • Cases->

1- no location data anywhere

2- IP location in database

3- Permanent location Cookies on computer

4- in location database and has permanent location cookies

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