Patent ID: 7589628
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: G01C,G06F,G06Q,G08G,G09F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing information to a user using a device where the information pertains to people, places and things having attributes that match explicit preferences of the user and are within a desired proximity to a location associated with the user, the method comprising the steps of: creating a user preference profile, wherein the user preference profile is created by the user; storing the user preference profile; creating a profile of at least one of the people, places and things; storing the at least one of the people, places and things profile; determining the location of the user; comparing the user preference profile and the at least one of the people, places and things profile to determine if the at least one of the people, places and things has attributes that match the preferences of the user, wherein the step of comparing the user preference profile with the at least one of the people, places and things profile comprises the step of determining whether the at least one of the people, places and things is within a distance that is specified by the user in the user preference profile; notifying the user of all of the at least one of the people, places and things that match the user's explicit preferences and are within the desired proximity to the user's location; providing access to resource information about the people, places and things that match the user's explicit preferences; and displaying the resource information on the device upon a request by the user.