Managing group of location based triggers

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

• creating a location-based trigger comprising at least one trigger criteria reflecting one or more type identifiers of the location-based trigger, wherein the trigger is maintained for continued monitoring;
• monitoring a plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data, wherein the plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data may be dynamically updated during the monitoring and after being set;
• comparing the monitored plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data with the at least one trigger criteria;
• and
• activating the trigger based, at least in part, on the comparison, wherein activating the trigger includes executing a user-specified executable action of the apparatus, and the user-specified executable action includes sending a particular notification, created by the user, to a device,
• wherein the plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data are stored in at least one of a dynamically updatable point of interest data structure, a dynamically updatable landmark data structure, and a dynamically updatable location-based information data structure.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
• creating a location-based trigger comprising at least one trigger criteria reflecting one or more type identifiers of the location-based trigger, wherein the trigger is maintained for continued monitoring;
• monitoring a plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data, wherein the plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data may be dynamically updated during the monitoring and after being set;
• comparing the monitored plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data with the at least one trigger criteria;
• and
• activating the trigger based, at least in part, on the comparison, wherein activating the trigger includes executing a user-specified executable action of the apparatus, and the user-specified executable action includes sending a particular notification, created by the user, to a device,
• wherein the plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data are stored in at least one of a dynamically updatable point of interest data structure, a dynamically updatable landmark data structure, and a dynamically updatable location-based information data structure.

A system, comprising:

• a device, wherein the device is configured to perform at least the following:
• receiving at least one trigger criteria reflecting one or more type identifiers of the trigger criteria, and creating a location-based trigger based on the at least one trigger criteria, wherein the trigger is maintained for continued monitoring;
• receiving text string search data;
• updating the at least one trigger criteria with the received text string search data;
• monitoring a plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data, wherein the plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data may be dynamically updated during the monitoring and after being set;
• comparing the monitored plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data with the at least one updated trigger criteria;
• and
• activating the trigger based, at least in part, on the comparison, wherein activating the trigger includes executing a user-specified executable action of the device, and the user-specified executable action includes sending a particular notification, created by the user, to the device,
• wherein the plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data are stored in at least one of a dynamically updatable point of interest data structure, a dynamically updatable landmark data structure, and a dynamically updatable location-based information data structure.

A method, comprising:

• creating, by a device, a trigger comprising at least one trigger criteria, wherein the at least one trigger criteria comprises at least one category related to at least one characteristic associated with at least one of either a point of interest, a landmark, and location-based information;
• monitoring a plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data, wherein, the plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data may be dynamically updated during the monitoring and after being set;
• comparing the monitored plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data with the at least one trigger criteria;
• and
• activating the trigger when at least one of the monitored plurality of potential trigger criteria-fulfilling data matches the at least one trigger criteria.