Patent ID: 8090780
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A notification system for receiving notification content from a sending device and providing the notification content for rendering on a target receiving device, the notification system comprising: an interface to a network; a processor arranged to: receive data from the sending device and over the interface to the network, the data including: a target receiving device identifier; notification content associated with the target receiving device identifier; and rendering instructions associated with the notification content; store the received data in a notification database, the notification database including, for each of a plurality of instances of notification content, the notification content in association with the target receiving device identifier and rendering instructions, the rendering instructions comprising at least identification of a rending location, the identification of a rendering location comprising identification of a unique identifier of a point to point wireless communication module associated with a third device with which the target receiving device is capable of communication when it is within a limited distance from the mobile device, the third device being a mobile device, whereby the target receiving device identifies that it is within a limited distance from the mobile device upon detecting the unique identifier of the point to point wireless communication module of the mobile device, the rendering location being a predetermined physical or geographical location that is independent of the physical or geographical location of the sending device; and provide to a target receiving device, for each instance of notification content that is associated with the target receiving device identifier that corresponds to a target receiving device, the notification content and the rendering instructions, the target receiving device rendering the notification content: i) when the target receiving device is within a limited distance from the mobile device; and ii) independent of a geographic area wherein the target receiving device and the mobile device are co-located.