Computational systems and methods for linking users of devices

• US 9,747,561 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2011
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Tegreene, Clarence T., Lord, Robert W., Levien, Royce A., Wood, JR., Lowell L., Lu, Qi, Lord, Richard T., Davis, Marc E., Malamud, Mark A., Dyor, Matthew G., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Gates, William, Nadella, Satya, Huang, Xuedong, Reed, Daniel, Hyde, Roderick A., Shum, Harry
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dustin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Turriate Gastulo, Juan C
• Application Number:
  US13/199,832
• Publication Number:
  US 20130061050A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,183 Days
• Field of Search: 713168
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting device-identifier data corresponding to at least one communication device; accepting network-participation identifier data associated with a verified real-world user associated with the at least one communication device; and assigning a unique identifier at least partly based on the device-identifier data and the network-participation identifier data.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

circuitry for maintaining one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles, a unique identifier corresponding to a vehicle associated with at least a first network-participation identifier indicative of a first communication device associated with the vehicle and a first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle, the first network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with an image of a user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle;

circuitry for accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device;

circuitry for obtaining, from the one or more unique identifiers, a vehicle result at least partly based on the second geo-locator, the device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and the second network-participation identifier;

circuitry for linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers;

circuitry for accepting at least one image indicative of a current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle;

circuitry for using image recognition of the at least one image of the current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle to determine whether the current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle is the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle at least partly based on the image of the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with the network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device; and

circuitry for providing location information associated with the second geo-locator to the first communication device associated with the vehicle responsive to the image recognition.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, the second communication device including at least one of a mobile phone, a wired telephone, a voice-over-internet-protocol telephone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, or a networked television.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, including at least accepting at least one telephone number as the device-identifier data corresponding to at least one telephony device as the second communication device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, including at least one of subscriber identity module data or integrated circuit card identifier data corresponding to the second communication device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least one of mobile equipment identifier data, electronic serial number data, international mobile equipment identity data, or international mobile subscriber identity data corresponding to the second communication device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least an IP address corresponding to the second communication device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to at least one billing account.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to at least one billing account comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to one or more of at least one cable telecommunications billing account or at least one telecommunications billing account.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to at least one billing account comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting a mobile equipment identifier from a SIM card associated with the second communication device; and

circuitry for providing a link to at least one wireless telecommunications billing account associated with the accepted mobile equipment identifier, the link to at least one wireless telecommunications billing account operable to provide a name of an account holder associated with the at least one wireless telecommunications billing account as a verified real-world user.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to at least one billing account comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to at least one physical address.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to at least one billing account comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting a mobile equipment identifier from a SIM card associated with the second communication device; and

circuitry for providing a link to at least one wireless telecommunications billing account associated with the accepted mobile equipment identifier and linked with at least one bank account, the link with at least one bank account operable to provide a name of an account holder associated with the at least one bank account as a verified real-world user.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to at least one billing account comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to at least one electronic payment account.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to at least one communication device that is linked to at least one electronic payment account comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to one or more of at least one Google Checkout account, at least one Amazon Payments account, at least one PayPal account, or at least one mobile PayPal account.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to at least one billing account comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to at least one credit card account.

15. The system of claim 7, wherein circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to at least one billing account comprises:

circuitry for accepting the device-identifier data, including at least accepting data corresponding to the second communication device that is linked to at least one virtual account.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting the network-participation identifier data, including at least accepting social networking data corresponding to at least one verified real-world user of the second communication device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for accepting the network-participation identifier data, including at least accepting social networking data corresponding to at least one verified real-world user of the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting one or more of at least one username, at least one @-tagged twitter handle, at least one corporate login, or at least one website universal resource locator.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for accepting the network-participation identifier data, including at least accepting social networking data corresponding to at least one verified real-world user of the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting one or more of at least some Facebook data, at least some Twitter data, or at least some LinkedIn data corresponding to at least one verified real-world user of the second communication device.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for accepting the network-participation identifier data, including at least accepting social networking data corresponding to at least one verified real-world user of the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting one or more of at least some image data, at least one constellation of social contact data, or at least some user input data corresponding to at least one verified real-world user of the second communication device.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for accepting the network-participation identifier data, including at least accepting social networking data corresponding to at least one verified real-world user of the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting data accumulated from multiple sources corresponding to at least one verified real-world user of the second communication device.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for accepting the network-participation identifier data, including at least accepting social networking data corresponding to at least one verified real-world user of the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting one or more of at least some data used to create additional data or at least some data used to find additional data corresponding to at least one verified real-world user of the second communication device.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for associating network-participation data with a real-world user associated with the second communication device including at least performing the association using one or more of identity prediction, de-anonymization, or real-name profiling.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device comprises:

circuitry for associating network-participation data with a real-world user associated with the second communication device including at least performing the association using one or more of web history tracking, media content tracking, or app data tracking.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for obtaining, from the one or more unique identifiers, a vehicle result at least partly based on the second geo-locator, the device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and the second network-participation identifier comprises:

circuitry for obtaining the unique identifier at least partly based on the first geo-locator and the second geo-locator.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein circuitry for obtaining the unique identifier at least partly based on the first geo-locator and the second geo-locator comprises:

circuitry for obtaining the unique identifier at least partly based on the predicted range of travel of the vehicle associated with the first geo-locator and at least partly based on the second geo-locator.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for obtaining, from the one or more unique identifiers, a vehicle result at least partly based on the second geo-locator, the device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and the second network-participation identifier comprises:

circuitry for assigning multiple unique identifiers representing multiple communication devices associated with multiple users with identical network-participation identifier data, the identical network-participation identifier data including at least a social networking account username.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for obtaining, from the one or more unique identifiers, a vehicle result at least partly based on the second geo-locator, the device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and the second network-participation identifier comprises:

circuitry for assigning a unique identifier representing a single communication device associated with multiple users.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for obtaining, from the one or more unique identifiers, a vehicle result at least partly based on the second geo-locator, the device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and the second network-participation identifier comprises:

circuitry for assigning a unique identifier representing a single communication device associated with a single user.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers comprises:

circuitry for linking to the unique identifier at least some geo-locator data obtained via at least one positioning function of the first communication device.

33. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers comprises:

circuitry for linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on at least some location information for at least one Wi-Fi network with which the second communication device is associated.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers comprises:

circuitry for linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on at least some location data entered via at least one user interface of the second communication device.

35. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for providing location information associated with the second geo-locator to the first communication device associated with the vehicle responsive to the image recognition comprises:

circuitry for providing vehicle location information associated with the second geo-locator responsive to a social networking query related to the network-participation identifier data.

36. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for providing location information associated with the second geo-locator to the first communication device associated with the vehicle responsive to the image recognition comprises:

circuitry for providing location information associated with the second geo-locator in association with a query of an inter-service-provider directory of unique identifiers.

38. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for maintaining one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles, a unique identifier corresponding to a vehicle associated with at least a first network-participation identifier indicative of a first communication device associated with the vehicle and a first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle, the first network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with an image of a user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle comprises:

circuitry for receiving an indication of the first network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device associated with the vehicle;

circuitry for searching the one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles using the indication of the first network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device associated with the vehicle as a search term; and

circuitry for storing a newly-assigned unique identifier if the search does not result in a previously-assigned unique identifier.

39. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for maintaining one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles, a unique identifier corresponding to a vehicle associated with at least a first network-participation identifier indicative of a first communication device associated with the vehicle and a first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle, the first network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with an image of a user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle comprises:

circuitry for maintaining a data structure of one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles, the data structure operable to return one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles associated with a particular geographic location responsive to a search query using a geo-locator as a search term.

40. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for maintaining one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles, a unique identifier corresponding to a vehicle associated with at least a first network-participation identifier indicative of a first communication device associated with the vehicle and a first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle, the first network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with an image of a user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle comprises:

circuitry for maintaining a data structure of one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles, a unique identifier corresponding to a vehicle associated with at least a first network-participation identifier indicative of a first communication device associated with the vehicle and a first geo-locator at least partly based on data from a satellite positioning sensor of the first communication device associated with the vehicle.

41. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for maintaining one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles, a unique identifier corresponding to a vehicle associated with at least a first network-participation identifier indicative of a first communication device associated with the vehicle and a first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle, the first network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with an image of a user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle comprises:

circuitry for maintaining a data structure of one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles, a unique identifier corresponding to a vehicle associated with at least a first social-network username indicative of a first communication device associated with the vehicle and a first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle.

42. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers comprises:

circuitry for linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on a last known location of the vehicle indicated by the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers.

43. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers comprises:

circuitry for linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on at least one search for driving directions from the vehicle indicated by the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers.

44. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers comprises:

circuitry for linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on a predicted range of travel of the vehicle indicated by the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers.

45. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for providing location information associated with the second geo-locator to the first communication device associated with the vehicle responsive to the image recognition comprises:

circuitry for providing a current position of a user associated with the second communication device indicated by the second network-participation identifier to the first communication device associated with the vehicle responsive to the image recognition.

46. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one image indicative of a current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one image indicative of a current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle subsequent to transmitting a request to the first communication device associated with the vehicle for a current image of a user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle.

47. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for using image recognition of the at least one image of the current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle to determine whether the current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle is the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle at least partly based on the image of the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with the network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device comprises:

circuitry for retrieving the image of the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle at least partly based on the network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device;

circuitry for comparing the accepted at least one image indicative of a current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle with the retrieved image of the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle; and

circuitry for identifying the current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle as the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with the first network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device associated with the vehicle at least partly based on the comparing.

48. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one image indicative of a current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one image indicative of a current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle, the at least one image indicative of the current user of the first communication device including at least one image captured by the current user of the first communication device using an image sensor of the first communication device.

49. The system of claim 48, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one image indicative of a current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle, the at least one image indicative of the current user of the first communication device including at least one image captured by the current user of the first communication device using an image sensor of the first communication device comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one image indicative of a current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle, the at least one image indicative of the current user of the first communication device including at least one fingerprint image captured by the current user of the first communication device using a fingerprint image sensor of the first communication device.

29. A system, comprising:

one or more computing devices; and

one or more instructions that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause at least some of the one or more computing devices to perform one or more operations including at least;

maintaining one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles, a unique identifier corresponding to a vehicle associated with at least a first network-participation identifier indicative of a first communication device associated with the vehicle and a first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle, the first network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with an image of a user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle;

accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device;

obtaining, from the one or more unique identifiers, a vehicle result at least partly based on the second geo-locator, the device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and the second network-participation identifier;

linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers;

accepting at least one image indicative of a current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle;

using image recognition of the at least one image of the current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle to determine whether the current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle is the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle at least partly based on the image of the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with the network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device; and

providing location information associated with the second geo-locator to the first communication device associated with the vehicle responsive to the image recognition.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the one or more computing devices comprise:

one or more of at least one personal digital assistant (PDA), at least one personal entertainment device, at least one mobile phone, at least one laptop computer, at least one tablet personal computer, at least one on-board vehicle computer, at least one networked computer, at least one computing system comprised of at least one cluster of processors, at least one computing system comprised of at least one cluster of servers, at least one workstation computer, or at least one desktop computer.

31. The system of claim 29, wherein at least one computing device is operable to perform the one or more operations including at least maintaining one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles, a unique identifier corresponding to a vehicle associated with at least a first network-participation identifier indicative of a first communication device associated with the vehicle and a first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle, the first network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with an image of a user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle, accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device, obtaining, from the one or more unique identifiers, a vehicle result at least partly based on the second geo-locator, the device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and the second network-participation identifier, linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers, accepting at least one image indicative of a current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle, using image recognition of the at least one image of the current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle to determine whether the current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle is the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle at least partly based on the image of the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with the network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device, and providing location information associated with the second geo-locator to the first communication device associated with the vehicle responsive to the image recognition from at least one memory.

37. A method, comprising:

maintaining one or more unique identifiers corresponding to one or more vehicles, a unique identifier corresponding to a vehicle associated with at least a first network-participation identifier indicative of a first communication device associated with the vehicle and a first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle, the first network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with an image of a user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle;

accepting at least (i) a second geo-locator derived from at least one positioning function of a second communication device, (ii) device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and (iii) a second network-participation identifier indicative of a user associated with the second communication device;

obtaining, from the one or more unique identifiers, a vehicle result at least partly based on the second geo-locator, the device-identifier data corresponding to the second communication device, and the second network-participation identifier;

linking the first geo-locator derived from the first communication device associated with the vehicle to a travel prediction of the vehicle at least partly based on the vehicle result obtained from the one or more unique identifiers;

accepting at least one image indicative of a current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle;

using image recognition of the at least one image of the current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle to determine whether the current user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle is the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle at least partly based on the image of the user of the first communication device associated with the vehicle linked with the network-participation identifier indicative of the first communication device; and

providing location information associated with the second geo-locator to the first communication device associated with the vehicle responsive to the image recognition,

wherein at least one of the maintaining, accepting, obtaining, linking, using, or providing is at least partly implemented using at least one processing device.