SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RELEVANT USER NOTIFICATIONS

摘要

An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing an advertising system in which a buyer generates a profile containing a list of preferred purchases or vendors. At least some of the buyer's preferred profile entries are associated with a geographic area. A mobile network is used to connect the mobile buyers and the sellers. Both the buyers' profiles and the sellers' advertisements are uploaded to the network. The network matches buyers and sellers by providing to the buyers sales advertisements that match the criteria of the uploaded buyer's profiles but without sharing buyers' unique indentifying information with the sellers. The buyer devices optionally include an ad server to filter and manage the buyer's receipt of advertisements. The sellers' offers and promotions also optionally include time-dependent information such that they expire upon the passage of a specified time period.

主权项

1. A system for delivering notifications to user devices comprising:
at least one user device having a processor and an associated memory for storing instructions executed by said processor, said user device storing in said memory a user profile generated by a user of said user device, said user profile containing a list of preferred offerings of said user, said preferred offerings related a geographic area, said geographic area being determined by said user of said user device; and a computer-based vendor system having a processor and an associated memory for storing instructions executed by said processor, said vendor system coupled to said at least one user device and at least one vendor through a computer network, said user profile uploaded to and stored on said network, said user profile being stored confidentially with respect to said at least one vendor, said at least one vendor providing a vendor notification to said vendor system, said vendor system uploading said vendor notification to said network, said network determining that said preferred offerings of said user matches said vendor notification, and generating a user notification containing data from said vendor notification, and transmitting said user notification to said user device using said network.