Location and time specific mobile participation platform

A method, for soliciting, from a plurality of mobile devices, response data related to a transient condition, comprising:

• determining, by a computer processing unit, the transient condition based on a characteristic selected from a group of characteristics consisting of an environmental characteristic and a mobile device user characteristic, wherein the mobile device user characteristic does not include solely a location requirement;
• identifying, by the computer processing unit, mobile devices, of the plurality of mobile devices, that meet the transient condition;
• obtaining data indicating a solicitor-designated less-accurate proximity pre-qualification and a solicitor-designated more-accurate proximity pre-qualification;
• identifying, by the computer processing unit, mobile devices that meet both the solicitor-designated less-accurate proximity pre-qualification and the solicitor-designated more-accurate proximity pre-qualification;
• and
• generating, by the computer processing unit a solicitation for transmission to at least some of the mobile devices that meet the transient condition, the solicitor-designated less-accurate proximity pre-qualification, and the solicitor-designated more-accurate proximity pre-qualification.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• determining the transient condition based on a characteristic selected from a group of characteristics consisting of an environmental characteristic and a mobile device user characteristic, wherein the mobile device user characteristic does not include solely a location requirement;
• identifying mobile devices that meet the transient condition;
• obtaining data indicating a solicitor-designated less-accurate proximity pre-qualification and a solicitor-designated more-accurate proximity pre-qualification;
• identifying mobile devices that meet both the solicitor-designated less-accurate proximity pre-qualification and the solicitor-designated more-accurate proximity pre-qualification;
• and
• generating a solicitation for transmission to at least some of the mobile devices that meet the transient condition, the solicitor-designated less-accurate proximity pre-qualification, and the solicitor-designated more-accurate proximity pre-qualification.