Proximity inclusion zone pickup settings for distributed conversations

A user device, comprising:

• a communication interface device operable to communicatively couple the user device to a network;
• and
• a control device operably associated with the communication interface device, wherein the control device is configured to:
• obtain conversation data for a geographic area of interest from the server computer, the conversation data indicating a topic for a conversation currently occurring within the geographic area of interest and a location of the conversation within the geographic area of interest;
• present a visual representation of the geographic area of interest;
• and
• present at least one visual indicator in association with the visual representation of the geographic area of interest, the at least one visual indicator representing the topic of the conversation and the location of the conversation.

A computer readable medium that stores computer executable instructions for execution by one or more microprocessors to cause a user device to implement a method, wherein the method comprises:

• obtaining conversation data for a geographic area of interest, the conversation data indicating a topic for a conversation currently occurring within the geographic area of interest and a location of the conversation within the geographic area of interest;
• presenting a visual representation of the geographic area of interest;
• and
• presenting at least one visual indicator in association with the visual representation of the geographic area of interest, the at least one visual indicator representing the topic of the conversation and the location of the conversation.