International Business Machines Corporation

Kyndryl, Inc.

Christopher Peter Drabble

Gary Paul Noble

A method and apparatus for providing location specific information. Event data pertaining to an event is received. The event data includes location identification data from which a location of the event may be determined and event description data that describes the event. At least one geofence associated with the location identification data is identified from the location identification data in the received event data. A topic associated with the event type data and associated with the identified at least one geofence is identified. Subscribers having a subscription to the topic in association with the geographic area are identified. The subscription entitles the subscribers to be notified about events pertaining to the topic in association with the selected geographic area. The event description data is published to each subscriber.

Providing location specific information

A method and apparatus for providing location specific information. Event data pertaining to an event is received from an event reporting system that has gathered the event data from a data gathering means. The event data includes location identification data, event type data, and event description data. At least one geofence associated with the location identification data is identified from the location identification data in the received event data. Each geofence of the at least one geofence has a geometric shape located within a geographic area. A topic associated with the event type data and associated with the identified at least one geofence is identified. Subscribers having a subscription to the topic in association with the geographic area are identified. The subscription entitles the subscribers to be notified about events pertaining to the topic in association with the selected geographic area. The event description data is published to each subscriber.

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