Patent ID: 8117341

Claim:
A method for providing proximity information associated with a first communications device, the method comprising: during connection of a call between the first communication device and a second communications device, receiving a request, from the second communications device, for the proximity information associated with the first communications device; in response to the request: determining a first location of the first communications device, generating a map of an area surrounding the first location of the first communications device, the map comprising the first location of the first communications device, a second location of the second communications device, and driving directions to the first communications device, and after determining the first location of the first communications device and generating the map, providing a response to the second communications device, the response comprising the map; receiving a request, from the second communications device, for a third location of a third communications device located nearest the second communications device without any form of communication between the second communications device and the third communications device; providing the third location of the third communications device to the second communications device without any form of communication between the second communications device and the third communications device; determining information identifying a user associated with the third communications device without any form of communication between the second communications device and the third communications device; and providing the information to the second communications device without any form of communication between the second communications device and the third communications device.