Notification Systems and Methods that Communicate Advertisements Based Upon Location and/or Personal Profiles

An automated computer based notification system, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• one or more processors;
• and
• computer program code stored in the one or more memories and executed by the one or more processors, the computer program code comprising:
• code operable to monitor, directly or indirectly, travel or location information associated with a mobile thing (MT), the MT capable of delivering or picking up a good or service at a stop location;
• and
• code operable to, when the MT travels within a predefined geographical proximity to the stop location, cause advertisement information relating to sale of the good or service to be communicated to the PCD in one or more data transfers in order to enable the MT to deliver or pick up the good or service at the stop location in accordance with the advertisement information.

A method for an automated computer based notification system, comprising:

• engaging in a first communication session with a personal communication device (PCD) that involves one or more data transfers;
• during the first communication session, receiving an indication from a party associated with the PCD that the party would like to receive advertisement information associated with a sale of a good or service at a stop location;
• monitoring travel or location information associated with the a mobile thing (MT), the MT capable of delivering or picking up the good or service at the stop location;
• when the MT travels within a predefined geographical proximity to the stop location, engaging in a second communication session with the PCD that involves one or more data transfers;
• and
• causing advertisement information relating to sale of the good or service to be communicated to the PCD, during the second communication session, in order to enable the MT to deliver or pick up the good or service at the stop location in accordance with the advertisement information.

A method for an automated notification system, wherein:

• (a) the automated notification system comprises an architecture as follows:
• (1) a monitoring module that is operable to monitor travel or location information associated with one or more mobile things (MTs);
• (2) a message manager that is operable to cause communication of advertisement information to one or more personal communications devices (PCDs);
• (3) a response analyzer that is operable to analyze response information received from the PCDs;
• (4) a data manager that is operable to store and access the travel or location information, the advertisement information, and the response information in one or more memories;
• and
• (b) the method comprises:
• (1) monitoring, directly or indirectly, the travel or location information associated with a mobile thing (MT), the MT capable of delivering or picking up a good or service at a stop location;
• and
• (2) when the MT travels within a predefined geographical proximity to the stop location, causing advertisement information relating to sale of the good or service to be communicated in one or more data transfers to the PCD to enable the MT to deliver or pick up the good or service at the stop location in accordance with the advertisement information.