Patent ID: 8447331

Claim:
A method, used by a manager of a physical business location that utilizes a location based service system, of providing a message relating to the physical business location to a potential customer, with a wireless device having a wireless communication interface and a geographic location sensor, when it is determined that the physical business location is visited by the manager's potential customer using the wireless device, comprising the acts of: a) the manager of the physical business location receiving data from the location based services system, the data indicating at least one physical business location that the manager is authorized to distribute messages relating to; and b) the manager of the physical business location transmitting, to the location based services system, a selection specifying at least one physical business location that the manager is authorized to distribute messages relating to, along with the message to associate with the selection of at least one physical business location that the manager is authorized to distribute messages relating to, wherein the manager's transmission of the message causes the location based services system to distribute the message on behalf of the manager to the potential customer's wireless device upon receiving an indication that the manager's potential customer is visiting the physical business location using the following process: i) receiving, from the manager's potential customer's wireless device, geographic location information corresponding to the geographic location of the wireless device determined based on information from the geographic location sensor of the manager's potential customer's wireless device; ii) transmitting, to the manager's potential customer's wireless device, the names of a plurality of physical business locations near the geographic location of the manager's potential customer's wireless device based on a database including names of physical business locations and associated geographic location information; and iii) receiving, from the manager's potential customer's wireless device, an indicated physical business location from the from the plurality of names of physical business locations, the selection corresponding to a location described by the manager's selection, the indicated business location thereby verifying that the manager's potential customer is visiting the at least one physical business location associated with the message.