Social networking connections through short range wireless devices

A method comprising:

• receiving, via a communication module, connection information comprising at least one past instance of a connection between a first communication device of a first user and a device at a first location;
• determining a frequency of visitations by the first user to the first location using the connection information, wherein the frequency of visitations comprises a number of the visitations to the first location and a length of each of the visitations to the first location from the at least one past instance;
• accessing location information for the first location, wherein the location information comprises a type of the first location;
• determining that the first location is a work location of the first user using the frequency of the visitations and the location information;
• in response to determine that the first location is the work location for the first user, accessing, by a connection discovery module comprising at least one hardware processor, nearby user information for the first location comprising a second user associated with the first location, the second user associated with the first location based on second connection information referencing at least one second connection between a second communication device of the second user and the device at the first location;
• accessing, by the connection discovery module, social networking information comprising a first social networking contact for the first user and a second social networking contact for the second user;
• and
• determining, by the connection discovery module, a contact recommendation using the connection information, the nearby user information for the first location, and the social networking information, wherein the contact recommendation comprises a proposed social networking connection between the first user and the second user.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising executable modules which, in response to execution by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, via a communication module, connection information referencing at least one past instance of a connection between a communication device of a first user and a device at a location;
• determining a frequency of visitations by the first user to the location using the connection information, wherein the frequency of visitations comprises a number of the visitations to the first location and a length of each of the visitations to the first location from the at least one past instance;
• accessing location information for the first location, wherein the location information comprises a type of the first location;
• determining that the first location is a work location of the first user using the frequency of the visitations and the location information;
• in response to determine that the first location is the work location for the first user, accessing, by a connection discovery module comprising at least one hardware processor, nearby user information for the location comprising a second user associated with the location, the second user associated with the location based on second connection information referencing at least one second connection between a second communication device of the second user and the device at the location;
• accessing, by the connection discovery module, social networking information for the first user and the second user;
• and
• determining, by the connection discovery module, a contact recommendation using the connection information, the nearby user information for the location, and the social networking information, wherein the contact recommendation comprises a proposed social networking connection between the first user and the second user.