Patent ID: 7822635

Claim:
A method for automatically electronically registering a user, said method comprising: generating a request to transmit a plurality of profile elements to a selected server system from among a plurality of server systems; transmitting said request to a portable computer system in response to a determination that said portable computer system is within a particular proximity to said plurality of server systems; receiving a user profile comprising said plurality of profile elements in a particular transmittable data format at said selected server system from said portable computer system, wherein said selected server system is identified at said portable computer system utilizing data within said plurality of profile elements specifying a consumer preference in response to a receipt of said request at said portable computer system, said user profile is associated with a particular user of said portable computer system, and each of said plurality of server systems is respectively associated with one of a plurality of consumer providers; and registering said particular user with a consumer provider of said plurality of consumer providers in response to a receipt of said user profile at said selected server system, wherein said consumer provider is associated with said selected server system.