Patent ID: 7831245

Claim:
A method for identifying wireless user equipment (UE) possessed by users, comprising: receiving a request from a first user UE via a wireless telecommunication network, the request including identification information for identifying a second user UE, the identification information including location-based information describing a relative location of the second user UE with respect to the first user UE, the identification information further including a relative speed of the second user UE with respect to the first user UE, the relative speed solicited by the first user UE by displaying a choice of categories including whether the second user UE is carried by a pedestrian or in a vehicle, the identification information further including a state of activity of the second user UE observed by the first user UE, wherein the state of activity comprises whether the second user UE is idle or in use by the second user; determining a geographic location of the first user UE; determining geographic locations of a plurality of candidate UE's in response to the identification information; and narrowing the candidate UE's in response to one of a second UE's speed and direction, address or intersection, distance between first UE, state of activity, and commercial information.