Messages with attenuating retransmit importance

A first mobile device comprising:

• wireless circuitry;
• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the wireless circuitry, the at least one processor configured to:
• communicate, via the wireless circuitry, with an identity management server to receive an identifier associated with a second mobile device, the identity management server being remote from the first mobile device and the second mobile device;
• initiate a transmission process for transmitting, from the first mobile device to a second mobile device using the identifier, a first data packet comprising a payload;
• determine that a response has not been received from the second mobile device, wherein the response indicates receipt of the first data packet;
• terminate the transmission process;
• store a copy of the payload for later retransmission;
• identify a retransmission trigger associated with the payload;
• and
• initiate a retransmission process to communicate the payload based at least in part on the retransmission trigger.

A computer product comprising non-transitory computer readable instructions that, when executed by a first mobile device comprising wireless circuitry, a memory, and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the wireless circuitry, cause the processor to perform a method for retransmission of a data packet with attenuating priority, the instructions causing the first mobile device to perform operations comprising:

• communicating, via the wireless circuitry, with an identity management server to receive an identifier associated with a second mobile device, the identity management server being remote from the first mobile device and the second mobile device;
• initiating a transmission process for transmitting, from the first mobile device to a second mobile device using the identifier, the data packet comprising a payload;
• determining that a response has not been received from the second mobile device, wherein the response indicates receipt of the data packet;
• terminating the transmission process;
• identifying a retransmission trigger associated with the payload;
• storing a copy of the payload for later retransmission;
• and
• initiating a retransmission process to communicate the payload based on the retransmission trigger.