/Methods For Geographic Gesturing Using A Mobile Device For Interactions With Nearby Other Mobile Devices
Abstract

A method of secure communication interactions that comprise a communication via various communication modes. Example method comprises accepting an indication from a first user to communicate with a second user via a preferred communication mode, associating the indication with a unique identifier without revealing an identity of the first user, and in response to receiving a response from the second user, establishing a user-to-user communication channel for a particular communication mode selected from the preferred communication mode without requiring an identifier disclosing an identity of any user, and terminating the particular communication mode in response to determining that one user requests the termination of the particular communication mode to become a blocking user, wherein a future communication between the blocking user and any outside user is blocked based at least in part on the unique identifier.

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What is claimed is:

A method of secure communication interactions that comprise a communication via various communication modes. Example method comprises accepting an indication from a first user to communicate with a second user via a preferred communication mode, associating the indication with a unique identifier without revealing an identity of the first user, and in response to receiving a response from the second user, establishing a user-to-user communication channel for a particular communication mode selected from the preferred communication mode without requiring an identifier disclosing an identity of any user, and terminating the particular communication mode in response to determining that one user requests the termination of the particular communication mode to become a blocking user, wherein a future communication between the blocking user and any outside user is blocked based at least in part on the unique identifier.
Timeline
Filed
04/21/2026
Published
08/27/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(10)
H04W 4/021:Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
G06F 3/01:Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (takes precedence G06F 3/16)
G06F 16/22:Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures