Systems and methods for transmitting information, alerts, and/or comments to participants based on location information

摘要

The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for sharing information related to a location also referred to herein as a “spot,” such as spot alerts and/or spot comments (e.g., shared information, advertisements, etc.) received, displayed, played, and/or actuated, for example, on recipient mobile electronic devices proximately located to such location (e.g., spot). Users of the system can create spot alerts in which designated recipients can receive messages, such as spot alerts and/or spot comments (e.g., shared information, advertisements, etc.) received, displayed, played, and/or actuated, for example, on respective recipient mobile electronic devices, when located within a proximity of a defined location (e.g., spot).

主权项

1. A mobile electronic device comprising:
one or more processor readable memory; one or more processors operatively connected to the one or more processor readable memory; and one or more communications portals operatively connected to the one or more processors; the one or more processor readable memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
determining, using the one or more processors, a location of the mobile electronic device, wherein a user of the mobile electronic device is within a network of users;receiving, by the one or more communications portals, spot alert data associated with one or more spot alerts, the spot alert data comprising geographical range information associated with each of the one or more spot alerts, the spot alert data being configured by one or more other users within the network of users;determining, using the one or more processors, based on the geographical range information, whether the location of the mobile electronic device is within at least one geographical range associated with at least one of the spot alerts;determining, using the one or more processors, whether the user of the mobile electronic device is within a restricted group of users within the network of users;upon a condition that the location of the mobile electronic device is within the at least one geographical range associated with at least one of the spot alerts and the user of the mobile electronic device is within the restricted group of users, receiving, using the one or more communications portals, the at least one spot alert; and executing, using the one or more processors, the at least one spot alert at the mobile electronic device.