Patent ID: 8515459
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, used by a location based service system including at least one server having at least one network interface, of notifying a user of a wireless device of a physical named location of interest to the user of the wireless device, the wireless device having a wireless communication interface and a geographic location sensor, comprising the acts of: a) transmitting to a computer that includes a network interface and that is associated with the user, using a network interface of the location based services system, data corresponding to the physical named location of interest to the user; b) receiving from the computer associated with the user, using a network interface of the location based services system, a request that the location based services system send a notification to the user's wireless device when the user's wireless device is determined to be located near the physical named location of interest to the user; c) receiving from the wireless device via a wireless network, using a network interface of the location based services system, geographic location information determined using the geographic location sensing hardware of the wireless device, wherein the geographic location information: d) transmitting to the user's wireless device, using a network interface of the location based services system, a notification message configured to remind the user of the named location of interest to the user, the notification: e) transmitting to the wireless device, using a network interface of the location based services system, at least one named location near the geographic location of the wireless device based on a database including named locations and associated geographic location information; f) receiving from the wireless device, using a network interface of the location based services system, an indicated named location, selected from the at least one named location, corresponding to the physical named location of interest to the user to verify that the user visited the physical named location of interest to the user of the wireless device; and g) storing information indicating that the user of the wireless device visited the physical named location of interest to the user.