| CPC H04W 8/20 (2013.01) [H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
establishing, using a communication platform server, a profile comprising a set of categories and respective category values;
responsive to an event associated with a portable communication device, obtaining one or more category values comprising location data specifying a geographic location from the portable communication device wherein the event comprises a location-based event associated with a geofence wherein the geographic location is associated, via the profile, with one or more logical communication channels having a group of portable communication devices as members;
determining, by the communication platform server, that the one or more category values from the portable communication device match the respective category values of the profile; and
configuring the one or more logical communication channels for the portable communication device; and
providing, by the communication platform server, the profile to the portable communication device.
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