Patent ID: 8244236

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for aggregating and disseminating tag data comprising: providing a server accessible via a network; receiving with the server product promotional content corresponding to a product identifier; receiving with the server a tag as the product identifier generated at a particular time from a particular mobile device, wherein the tag comprises at least one of an optical recording, a machine readable representation, a barcode, a radio frequency identification, and a user-inputted description; associating the tag with the product promotional content; receiving with the server a signal fingerprint generated via a radio signal scan indicative of a particular location of the particular mobile device corresponding to the particular time; associating the tag with the signal fingerprint of the particular mobile device; receiving with the server a current signal fingerprint indicative of a current location of at least one other mobile device; and transmitting with the server the product promotional content associated with the tag to the at least one other mobile device in response to the current signal fingerprint of the at least one other mobile device corresponding to the signal fingerprint of the particular mobile device.