Patent ID: 9706516
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A mobile electronic device comprising: one or more processor readable memory; one or more processors operatively connected to the one or more processor readable memory; and one or more communications portals operatively connected to the one or more processors; the one or more processor readable memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising: determining, using the one or more processors, a location of the mobile electronic device, wherein a user of the mobile electronic device is within a network of users; receiving, by the one or more communications portals, spot alert data associated with one or more spot alerts, the spot alert data comprising geographical range information associated with each of the one or more spot alerts, the spot alert data being configured by one or more other users within the network of users; determining, using the one or more processors, based on the geographical range information, whether the location of the mobile electronic device is within at least one geographical range associated with at least one of the spot alerts; determining, using the one or more processors, whether the user of the mobile electronic device is within a restricted group of users within the network of users; upon a condition that the location of the mobile electronic device is within the at least one geographical range associated with at least one of the spot alerts and the user of the mobile electronic device is within the restricted group of users, receiving, using the one or more communications portals, the at least one spot alert; executing, using the one or more processors, the at least one spot alert at the mobile electronic device; generating, using the one or more processors, a comment related to the at least one spot alert based on data input to the mobile electronic device; and sending, using the one or more processors, the generated comment to a mobile electronic device associated with the one or more other users within the network of users.