Patent ID: 7801956

Claim:
A method for providing notifications to a first individual within a multi-dimensional personal information network, the method comprising: receiving, by a first device, one or more data feeds corresponding to the first individual within the multi-dimensional personal information network, wherein at least one of the one or more data feeds comprises purchase records relating to a first itinerary information corresponding to the first individual; analyzing, by the first device, the received one or more data feeds to determine a geographic area associated with the first itinerary information, the geographic area being remote from the first user's home location; identifying, by the first device, one or more second individuals associated with the determined geographic area, wherein the identifying comprises querying, by the first device, one or more second devices corresponding to the one or more second individuals and wherein the one or more second devices are not identified by the first individual prior to the querying; receiving, by the first device, one or more data feeds corresponding to at least one of the one or more second individuals from the corresponding at least one of the one or more second devices, wherein at least one of the one or more data feeds corresponding to the at least one of the one or more second individuals comprises a second itinerary information generated by computer calendar software, the second itinerary information corresponding to the at least one of the one or more second individuals; and providing, by the first device, one or more recommendations relating to the determined geographic location to the first individual based at least in part on the first itinerary information corresponding to the first individual and the second itinerary information corresponding to the at least one of the one or more second individuals.