Acquiring, managing, distributing, and presenting contextual data relating to a known postion for location-based services to and between users

摘要

The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for supporting the acquisition, management, distribution, and presentation of contextual information related to positioning information sharing location services to, from, and between users. An infrastructure-based system connects users to location-associated data entries that give historical, contextual, and informational data for specific locations, as well as providing the ability for users to enter their own personal data. Access levels to the data can be achieved through a number of methods.