Patent ID: 7936736
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for a central server utilizing one or more wireless Wide Area Network connections to exchange information between one or more applications executing on first and second wireless devices, the central server performing the steps of: receiving first identification information from the first wireless device, the first identification information communicated from the first wireless device to the server via the wireless Wide Area Network, wherein the first identification information is associated with one or more of an identifier of the first wireless device or an entity associated with the first wireless device, receiving second identification information, as collected by the first wireless device from the second wireless device via a separate local wireless link between the first and second wireless devices, and wherein the second identification information is communicated from the first wireless device to the server via the wireless Wide Area Network connection, wherein the second identification information is associated with one or more of an identifier of the second wireless device or an identifier of an entity associated with the second wireless device; retrieving disclosure policy data associated with the second identification information, the disclosure policy data representing rules for privacy of information concerning the second wireless device or privacy of information concerning an entity associated with the second wireless device; comparing the information disclosure policy data and the first identification information; and providing further information to the first wireless device concerning the entity associated with second wireless device, but only to the extent that it is consistent with the step of comparing the information disclosure policy data.