Patent ID: 8102253

Claim:
A method of notifying a user using a device about people, places and things having attributes that match explicit preferences of the user and are within a selected geographic area, the method comprising the steps of: accessing a user preference profile created by the user; accessing a profile of at least one of the people, places and things; receiving a selected geographic area; comparing the user preference profile and the at least one of the people, places and things profile to determine if the at least one of the people, places and things has attributes that match the preferences of the user, wherein the step of comparing the user preference profile with the at least one of the people, places and things profile comprises the step of determining whether the at least one of the people, places and things is within the selected geographic area; and notifying the user of all of the at least one of the people, places and things that match the user's explicit preferences and are within the selected geographic area.