Methods and systems for facilitating data communication

摘要

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention, methods and systems for facilitating data communication are presented. Requests to communicate data are received that include data indicative of a location of a target remote mobile computing device. A location to be searched for a target devices is determined, and location-based data of mobile devices is accessed. Potential target mobile devices are identified and data consistent with the request is sent to one or more potential targets.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a request to communicate data with an unknown target remote mobile computing device, said request to communicate data comprising data indicative of a location of said unknown target remote mobile computing device and data indicative of a time of said request; determining a location to be searched for potential target remote mobile computing devices based at least in part on said data indicative of a location of said unknown target remote mobile computing device; accessing stored location-based data of mobile computing devices proximate said determined location to be searched for potential target remote mobile computing devices around a time of said request; identifying one or more potential target remote mobile computing devices proximate said determined location to be searched for potential target remote mobile computing devices around a time of said request based at least in part on said accessed stored location-based data of mobile computing devices proximate said determined location; and sending data, representative of said request to communicate data, via more than one communications network, to at least one of said one or more potential target remote mobile computing devices.