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Please predict whether this patent is acceptable.PATENT ABSTRACT: A situational awareness system providing geographic, personal characteristic and subject matter of interest awareness using information obtained from location reporting mobile devices. The system displays personal characteristic information for target member segments defined with a great deal of specificity, which may be followed by online queries to the target member segment. Member participation in online queries may require interested members to “opt-in” to limit query distribution to members that have indicated an interest in responding to online queries on the particular subject matter of interest. This increases the efficiency and effectiveness of the online queries, while reducing the cost and imposition on members who are not be interested in participating. Obtaining geographic, personal characteristic and subject matter of interest awareness can be a free component provided as a benefit to registered members and customers, configured to occur prior to the payment screen required for online query distribution.