US Patent 9390103 Information searching method and system based on geographic location

Embodiments of the present application relate to an information searching method based on geographic location, an information searching system based on geographic location, and a computer program product for searching for information based on geographic location. An information searching method based on geographic location is provided. The method includes acquiring need information and geographic location information corresponding to a mobile terminal user, looking up a preset geographic location zone threshold value based on the need information, preconfigured mappings of preset geographical location zone information and category information, and searching for target information corresponding to the need information based on the geographic location information of the mobile terminal user and the preset geographic location zone threshold value.