Patent ID: 9270769
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for identifying an online identifier associated with a mobile counterpart device that is geographically proximate to a mobile communications device associated with a user, the method comprising: detecting, while in a mode disconnected from a computer system associated with the user, a geographic proximity between the mobile communications device and a mobile counterpart device based on an RFD signal received at the mobile communications device from the mobile counterpart device, the RFID signal identifying an online identifier associated with the mobile counterpart device; identifying, based on the RFID signal received at the mobile communications device and from the mobile counterpart device, the online identifier associated with the mobile counterpart device for which geographic proximity is detected; identifying, using a processor, a time associated with the receipt of the RFID signal; storing, in a memory device of the mobile communications device while in the mode disconnected from the computer system, information reflective of the detected geographic proximity, the associated online identifier, and the time associated with the receipt of the RFID signal; making perceivable an indication of the online identifier associated with the mobile counterpart device for which geographic proximity to the mobile communications device was detected; uploading, from the memory device of the mobile communications device to the computer system, while in a mode connected to the computer system, the stored information reflective of the detected geographic proximity, the associated online identifier, and the time associated with the receipt of the RFID signal: accessing, by the computer system, additional information corresponding to the uploaded online identifier, the additional information retrieved from a server configured to manage information corresponding to a plurality of online identifiers; providing the additional information to the user at the computer system; and enabling, by the computer system, the user to add the uploaded online identifier to a list of online identifiers designated by the user.