Patent ID: 8300550

Claim:
A method for implementing virtual post services, comprising: receiving, at a computer processor disposed at a fixed location that services a defined geographic community, content from a communications device located in the defined geographic community via an access node; storing the content in a storage device that is in communication with the access node; tracking an amount of time the content is stored; detecting a presence of another communications device within the defined geographic community; determining a mode status of the other communications device; if the amount of time does not reach a pre-established threshold and the mode status of the other communications device is determined to be passive discover mode, automatically transmitting the content, by the computer processor, to the other communications device; if the amount of time does not reach the pre-established threshold and the mode status of the other communications device is determined to be active discover mode, transmitting the content to the other communications device in response to an inquiry from the other communications device, the inquiry including a search criteria; and if the amount of time reaches the pre-established threshold, deleting the content from the storage device.