Patent ID: 8712455

Claim:
A method of transmitting a message from a first mobile terminal to a second mobile terminal to simulate hand delivery of the message from a first user of the first mobile terminal to a second user of the second mobile terminal, the method comprising: receiving a user-submitted message at the first mobile terminal, the message intended for personal delivery to the second user; storing the message at the first mobile terminal; pairing the first mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal, pairing including: receiving a mutually agreed shared secret, the mutually agreed shared secret being entered at the first mobile terminal by the first user; receiving a possible mutually agreed shared secret from the second mobile terminal; when the possible mutually agreed shared secret is the mutually agreed shared secret, pairing the first mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal; and when the possible mutually agreed shared secret is not the mutually agreed shared secret, rejecting pairing of the first mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal; subsequent to storing the message, the first mobile terminal detecting that the second mobile terminal is in proximity to the first mobile terminal, indicating that the first user is in the presence of the second user; and transmitting the message from the first mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal.