Methods and systems for managing mobile devices with reference points

A system for managing mobile devices, comprising:

• at least one processor that
• detects a plurality of mobile devices at a first location, each of the plurality of mobile devices associated with a particular user;
• after the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location, detects a first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to a second location while a certain number comprising a majority of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location;
• in response to the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location and the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the certain number comprising the majority of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location, enables data detected by a second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to be transmitted to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location;
• wherein the second of the plurality of mobile devices further operates as a primary surrogate to relay the data to the remaining plurality of mobile devices at the first location, the second of the plurality of mobile devices chosen from the plurality of mobile devices as being a closest mobile device in physical proximity to the first of the plurality of mobile devices when the first of the plurality of mobile devices was at the first location;
• and wherein the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location includes at least one of audio data or video data;
• and
• ceases said transmission of the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location a predetermined duration after the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the certain number comprising the majority of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location.

A computer program product for managing mobile devices by one or more processors, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• an executable portion that detects a plurality of mobile devices at a first location, each of the plurality of mobile devices associated with a particular user;
• an executable portion that, after the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location, detects a first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to a second location while a certain number comprising a majority of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location;
• an executable portion that, in response to the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location and the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the certain number comprising the majority of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location, enables data detected by a second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to be transmitted to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location;
• wherein the second of the plurality of mobile devices further operates as a primary surrogate to relay the data to the remaining plurality of mobile devices at the first location, the second of the plurality of mobile devices chosen from the plurality of mobile devices as being a closest mobile device in physical proximity to the first of the plurality of mobile devices when the first of the plurality of mobile devices was at the first location;
• and wherein the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location includes at least one of audio data or video data;
• and
• an executable portion that ceases said transmission of the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location a predetermined duration after the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the certain number comprising the majority of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location.