Locating and detecting mobile communication devices in a defined geographic area

A system for identifying suspected contraband mobile electronic devices within a confined community, said system comprising:

• one or more central advertising providers in electronic communication with each of a number of mobile electronic devices, wherein each of said mobile electronic devices are configured to selectively retrieve websites or operate social media applications, and wherein each of said one or more central advertising providers are configured to publish details regarding advertising opportunities at each of said mobile electronic devices, wherein said details comprise identifiers for said mobile electronic devices and location data for said mobile electronic devices at the time of the advertising opportunity;
• one or more electronic storage devices comprising software instructions, which when executed, configure one or more processors to:
• monitor the published details of said advertising opportunities from said one or more central advertising providers;
• identify, by the identifiers, a subset of the mobile electronic devices associated with advertising opportunities comprising location data indicating a location within a perimeter geofence of the confined community;
• eliminate, from the subset of mobile electronic devices, any of the identified mobile electronic devices also associated with advertising opportunities comprising location data indicating a location outside of the perimeter to arrive at a revised subset of the subset of the mobile electronic devices;
• and
• record at least some of the published details of the electronic advertising offers for each of the mobile electronic devices in the revised subset.

A method for utilizing the elements of modern advertising on mobile devices for observation and tracking of individuals within confined communities, said method comprising the steps of:

• identifying a series of buildings or definable locations where users of unauthorized mobile devices are suspected;
• electronically defining the metes and bounds of each location by Latitude and Longitude coordinate pairs of each of a series of buildings;
• electronically defining the metes and bounds of an enclosed compound which encompasses each of the series of buildings;
• electronically collecting bid/offer data from an advertising exchange representing advertising opportunities provided to a mobile electronic device within the enclosed compound;
• creating, from the collected bid/offer data, a comprehensive list of all mobile electronic devices used within the enclosed compound;
• eliminating from the comprehensive list all mobile electronic devices that, from the collected bid/offer data, indicate activity outside of the enclosed compound to create a revised list;
• creating sub-lists of device activity for each of the mobile electronic devices in the revised list;
• isolating usage, from each of the sub-lists, within each of the series of buildings, wherein each data entry in each of said sub-lists comprises a latitudinal and longitudinal measurement;
• calculating one or more of the following descriptive statistics for each of the sub-lists:
• a sum of all values;
• a mean of all values;
• a sum of the squares of the value minus the mean;
• a variance of all values;
• and
• a standard deviation of all values.