Automatic location-based notifications for a group of users

A portable communication device including a notification system for notifying members of a group, the portable communication device comprising:

• a processor;
• a communication interface to receive and transmit one or more notifications;
• a memory storage storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
• obtain a current location boundary of each member;
• determine whether there is a meeting of two or more of the members by determining whether a first location boundary of a first member overlaps a second location boundary of a second member;
• automatically generate a notification including a context of the meeting when it is determined that the first location boundary overlaps the second location boundary;
• transmit the notification to remaining members of the group other than the first and second members, the remaining members being members of the group having current location boundaries not in the first location boundary and the second location boundary;
• and
• perform an automatic response based on the context of the meeting.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a method for notification for members of a group, each member of the group using a portable communication device, the method comprising:

• obtaining a current location boundary of each member;
• determining whether there is a meeting of two or more of the members by determining whether a first location boundary of a first member overlaps a second location boundary of a second member;
• automatically generating a notification including a context of the meeting when it is determined that the first location boundary overlaps the second location boundary;
• transmitting the notification to remaining members of the group other than the first and second members, the remaining members being members of the group having current location boundaries not in the first location boundary and the second location boundary;
• and
• performing an automatic response based on the context of the meeting.