System and method for providing reviews to a mobile user of restaurants having attributes matching a stated preference
First Claim
1. A method for operating a dual preference matching server for a plurality of users each having a mobile device, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one user review of a restaurant;
receiving a plurality of user information from the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the user information from each mobile device includes a mobile location of the mobile device and an explicit favorite type of restaurant preference;
storing in a database a stationary location for the restaurant, the explicit favorite type of restaurant preference, and the at least one user review of the restaurant;
querying the database and notifying a first mobile device of a location based dual preference match satisfying a criteria of the mobile location of the first mobile device being less than a predetermined distance from the stationary location, and the restaurant being classified within the explicit favorite type of restaurant preference; and
using a transmitter to send, upon a request from the first mobile device, the at least one user review of the restaurant to the first mobile device.
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Abstract
A location-based and preference-based system and method for matching information such as the attributes and/or characteristics profiles of restaurants with the expressed preferences of mobile users to alert and direct such users to any restaurants having information matching the user'"'"'s express preferences. The system and method also permits users to submit restaurant reviews that may be accessed by others for the matching restaurants. In particular, the system comprises a mobile device such as a GPS-capable PDA that stores the user'"'"'s preferences and communicates with a server that contains or accesses the profiles of the restaurants to compare the profiles and preferences. Comparison of the user'"'"'s preferences with the various profiles allows the user only to be informed of those restaurants that it is likely to be interested in, while providing access to third party reviews of the restaurants. The system and method thus provides for a mobile real-time point of interest exchange network.
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1. A method for operating a dual preference matching server for a plurality of users each having a mobile device, the method comprising:
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receiving at least one user review of a restaurant; receiving a plurality of user information from the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the user information from each mobile device includes a mobile location of the mobile device and an explicit favorite type of restaurant preference; storing in a database a stationary location for the restaurant, the explicit favorite type of restaurant preference, and the at least one user review of the restaurant; querying the database and notifying a first mobile device of a location based dual preference match satisfying a criteria of the mobile location of the first mobile device being less than a predetermined distance from the stationary location, and the restaurant being classified within the explicit favorite type of restaurant preference; and using a transmitter to send, upon a request from the first mobile device, the at least one user review of the restaurant to the first mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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