Patent ID: 7227498
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of managing information received from at least one user over a communication network, comprising: receiving information from a first authorized user, wherein the information indicates user-specified criteria related to a location at which the user-specified criteria can be met, wherein the information includes an items needed list of at least one item, and wherein at least one user-specified criterion is whether an item on the items needed list can be obtained at an establishment; storing the information at a central database that is linked to the communication network; receiving from at least one of the first authorized user and a second authorized user, modifications to the user-specified criteria; monitoring the second authorized user's location; and sending a notification to at least one of the first authorized user and the second authorized user when the second authorized user is located near an establishment at which the second authorized user can obtain an item on the items needed list.