Method and apparatus for pushing situationally relevant data

A system for providing users with contextually relevant data, comprising:

• a data store for storing metadata tags with data items extracted from a variety of data sources that summarize the data items in searchable form using a common format;
• and a processor configured to:
• collect contextual data for the users indicative of their current situation;
• correlate said contextual data with said metadata tags with to identify data items of potential interest to the users taking into account their current situation;
• identify relevant receiving devices associated with the identified users;
• and
• push the identified data items to relevant receiving devices associated with the respective users in real time over a communications network to provide the users with information relevant to their current situation.