摘要 |
<p>Disclosed is an who, what, where, when Information Supply Facility. The Information Supply Facility utilizes a personal/hand held device (130, 125) that transparently interacts (via various access points) (135, 120) with a centralised server (100). The server collects identification and location information about the personal device and makes a determination as to whether the person associated with the device should be notified regarding the proximity ( i. e., dependent on the location) of other individuals and/or regarding one or more topics of interest (e.g., interests like Exercise, Skating, Wallpaper, Emergencies) to the particular person (e. g., with a ficticious user name). The collected information along with certain profile information is stored in a database where it can be made available to third parties (e.g., governmental entities) (140) for tracking and notification purposes.</p> |