Providing Contact Data of Second Mobile Devices Proximate to a Target Person of a First Mobile Device
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying a location of a first mobile device associated with a target person;
identifying one or more second mobile devices with current locations proximate to the identified location, wherein the identifying is communicated over a communications network that does not include device-to-device communications between the second mobile devices; and
providing a requestor with contact data corresponding to at least one of the second mobile devices, wherein a message to the target person is transmitted over the communications network to at least one of the second mobile devices, and wherein the message includes a photograph of the target person.
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Abstract
An approach is disclosed that identifies a location of mobile device associated with a target person, such as a spouse, child, or employee. The approach then identifies other mobile devices that have current locations that are near, or proximate to, the identified location. The requestor is then provided with contact data corresponding to one or more users of the other mobile devices.
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying a location of a first mobile device associated with a target person; identifying one or more second mobile devices with current locations proximate to the identified location, wherein the identifying is communicated over a communications network that does not include device-to-device communications between the second mobile devices; and providing a requestor with contact data corresponding to at least one of the second mobile devices, wherein a message to the target person is transmitted over the communications network to at least one of the second mobile devices, and wherein the message includes a photograph of the target person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An information handling system comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory coupled to at least one of the processors; one or more communication adapters that communicate with a plurality of user devices; and a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors to; identify a location of a first mobile device associated with a target person, wherein the location is retrieved from the memory; retrieve, from the memory, one or more second mobile devices with current locations proximate to the identified location, wherein the identifying is communicated over a communications network that does not include device-to-device communications between the second mobile devices; transmit, via one of the communication adapters and over the communications network, contact data corresponding to at least one of the second mobile devices to a device operated by a requestor; and transmit, via one of the communication adapters and over the communications network, a message to at least one of the second mobile devices, wherein the message includes a photograph of the target person. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium comprising a set of computer instructions, the computer instructions effective to; identify a location of a first mobile device associated with a target person; identify one or more second mobile devices with current locations proximate to the identified location, wherein the identifying is communicated over a communications network that does not include device-to-device communications between the second mobile devices; and provide a requestor with contact data corresponding to at least one of the second mobile devices, wherein a message to the target person is transmitted over the communications network to at least one of the second mobile devices, and wherein the message includes a photograph of the target person. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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