Crowd sourced location determination

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, on a network server, a communication, wherein the communication includes a request to locate a device, an identifier of the device, and a geographical area to search;
• determining a location device that is present within the geographical area, wherein the location device is configured to obtain a location of one or more devices within the geographical area;
• transmitting the request and the identifier of the device to the location device;
• receiving a location of the device from the location device;
• and
• transmitting the location of the device to a requestor of the request.

A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of a network device, including instructions configured to cause one or more data processors to:

• receive a communication, wherein the communication includes a request to locate a device, an identifier of the device, and a geographical area to search;
• determining a location device that is present within the geographical area, wherein the location device is configured to obtain a location of one or more devices within the geographical area;
• transmit the request and the identifier of the device to the location device;
• receive a location of the device from the location device;
• and
• transmit the location of the device to a requestor of the request.