Method to provide ad hoc and password protected digital and voice networks

A system comprising:

• one or more computers programmed to perform operations comprising:
• receiving user selection of one or more users on an interactive display of the first device wherein each user is associated with a respective second device;
• obtaining respective geographic location and contact information for each of the second devices;
• presenting an interactive map on the display comprising one or more user-selectable symbols wherein each symbol corresponds to one of the second devices and is positioned on the map at a location corresponding to the respective geographic location of the second device;
• and
• receiving user selection of one or more of the symbols corresponding to the second devices and an action and, based thereon, initiating a communication with the second devices corresponding to the selected symbols.

A storage device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform operations comprising:

• receiving user selection of one or more users on an interactive display of the first device wherein each user is associated with a respective second device;
• obtaining respective geographic location and contact information for each of the second devices;
• presenting an interactive map on the display comprising one or more user-selectable symbols wherein each symbol corresponds to one of the second devices and is positioned on the map at a location corresponding to the respective geographic location of the second device;
• and
• receiving user selection of one or more of the symbols corresponding to the second devices and an action and, based thereon, initiating a communication with the second devices corresponding to the selected symbols.