Patent ID: 9628464
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by one or more computing devices, a first friendly-mode signal from a sender mobile device; determining in response to receiving the first friendly-mode signal, by the one or more computing devices, one or more physical proximities between the sender mobile device and at least one mobile device associated with one or more users; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, one or more recipient candidates from the one or more users based at least in part on information known about the one or more users including a second friendly mode signal received from the at least one mobile device; sending, by the one or more computing devices, information about the one or more recipient candidates to the sender mobile device; receiving a selection from the sender mobile device of one or more of the recipient candidates to be a recipient of sender information; and sending the sender information to the selected one or more of the recipient candidates.