Location-based updating of profile data

A profile query processing system comprising:

• a search index;
• at least one processor in communication with the search index and configured to:
• update the search index by receiving from a mobile device a user identifier and first current position data associated with a first current location of the mobile device, querying the search index with the user identifier for a user profile associated with the user identifier, the user profile comprising profile data including at least default location information defining a default location, determining from the first current position data that the mobile device is outside the default location, and incorporating into the search index the profile data in association with first current location information derived from the first current position data;
• further update the search index by receiving from the mobile device the user identifier and second current position data associated with a second current location of the mobile device, determining from the second current position data that the mobile device is within the default location, removing from the search index the first current location information associated with the profile data;
• and
• subsequent to one of the incorporating first current location information and the removing the first current location information:
• receive from a communications terminal a query comprising at least one query parameter, one of the at least one query parameters comprising location;
• locate the user profile by querying the location information in the search index with the one of the at the least one query parameters;
• and
• display on the communications terminal user profile data associated with the user profile.

A method of updating user profile data, the method comprising a processor:

• receiving from a mobile device a user identifier and first current position data associated with a first current location of the mobile device;
• querying a search index with the user identifier for a user profile associated with the user identifier, the user profile comprising profile data including at least default location information defining a default location;
• determining from the first current position data that the mobile device is outside the default location, and incorporating into the user profile incorporating into the search index the profile data in association with first current location information derived from the first current position data;
• receiving from the mobile device the user identifier and second current position data associated with a second current location of the mobile device;
• and
• determining from the second current position data that the mobile device is within the default location, and removing from the search index the first current location information associated with the profile data.