Patent ID: 7703611
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying and messaging multiple targeted users of a communications system, the method comprising: executing instructions on one or more processing devices such that the one or more processing devices perform the following: establishing a connection with multiple users; before identifying a subset of the multiple users to which a message is to be sent: identifying a subset of the multiple users by applying the targeting rules to the context information to determine which ones of the multiple users are located within the geographic location and who employ at least one of the target type of access device or the target type of software, the identified subset of the multiple users including more than one of the multiple users but less than all of the multiple users, wherein the users in the subset are those users located within the geographic location and who employ at least one of the target type of access device or the target type of software; generating the message, the message including data describing conditions in at least a portion of the target geographic location; and sending the message to the identified subset of the multiple users such that the message is displayed to the identified subset of the multiple users.