On demand visibility services and smart directory

An on-demand communication system, comprising:

• a consumer device configured to generate a request for information;
• a provider device configured to generate a provider response that is responsive to the request for information;
• an on-demand directory service configured to store provider information and an access control policy, the access control policy including a predetermined condition of a business or government;
• an on-demand visibility service configured to be a broker between the consumer device and provider device, receive requests for information from the consumer, request a list of appropriate providers from the on-demand directory service based on the provider information and the access control policy, transmits a provider query to a select provider, receive the provider response responsive to the provider query, and transmit an answer to the request for information to the consumer while utilizing the services stored in the on-demand visibility service;
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• a plurality of sensors configured to form a swarm and communicate with each other within the swarm.

An on-demand communication method, comprising:

• generating a request for information by a consumer device;
• receiving a request for information from the consumer device by an on demand visibility service, the on-demand visibility service acting as a broker between the consumer device and provider device;
• requesting a list of appropriate providers from an on-demand directory service based on provider information and access control policy stored in the on-demand directory service, the access control policy comprising information on an availability of a provider device and a predetermined condition of a business or government:
• transmitting a provider query to the provider device by the on-demand visibility service only when the access control policy indicates the availability of the provider device;
• generating a provider response that is responsive to the request for information by a provider device to the on-demand visibility service;
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• transmitting an answer to the request for information to the consumer device by the on-demand visibility service.