Patent ID: 8588815

Claim:
A method of delivering location-specific information to a wireless subscriber, comprising: at a host computer, receiving one or more rules from an information distribution entity, wherein the one or more rules define a geographic area related to the information distribution entity and define information to be distributed to the wireless subscriber when a wireless device of the wireless subscriber is in the geographic area; receiving, at a server, a subscriber-initiated registration message from the wireless subscriber, wherein the subscriber requests to receive information from a selected information distribution entity, wherein the subscriber-initiated registration message is sent by the wireless subscriber from a subscriber computing device other than the wireless device, the subscriber computing device being located outside the geographic area; determining that the wireless device of the subscriber is in the geographic area, wherein determining that the subscriber is in the geographic area comprises receiving a periodic broadcast from the wireless device that includes the device's location; and delivering the information to the wireless device of the wireless-subscriber, wherein at least one rule includes a specification of a duration that the wireless device must remain in the geographic area after which duration the information is delivered.