Method and system for location-based communication

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a system having a processor, an indication of a user-chosen source transceiver chosen from a listing of a plurality of source transceivers, wherein each of the plurality of source transceivers is associated with a source and configured to facilitate a telephony session between the source transceiver and a mobile target transceiver, and the user-chosen source transceiver is a type of device selected from a group consisting of a mobile device, an internet-protocol-television device, a computing device, and a land-line device;

initiating, by the system, a telephony session between the system and the user-chosen source transceiver;

determining, by the system, a geographic location of the mobile target transceiver;

providing, by the system, the geographic location to a destination; and

connecting, by the system, the mobile target transceiver to the telephony session.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the geographic location comprises:

initiating a geographic location search for the mobile target transceiver; and

obtaining, by way of the geographic location search, geographic location information indicating the geographic location.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein initiating the geographic location search comprises notifying the mobile target transceiver of initiation of the geographic location search.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein initiating the geographic location search comprises requesting, of the mobile target transceiver, location data.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein obtaining the geographic location information comprises:

receiving, from the mobile target transceiver, the location data; and

deriving, from the location data, the geographic location information.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

creating a log of the telephony session initiated; and

associating the geographic location information obtained during the telephony session, to the log.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

accessing, using the geographic location, a map; and

providing the map for presentation by way of the internet-protocol-television device.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein:

the method further comprises:

sending the geographic location to a reverse-geocoding application configured to determine a street address from using the result; and

receiving, from the reverse-geocoding application, the street address; and

providing the geographic location comprises sending the map and the street address to a receiver device, being in operative communication with the internet-protocol-television device, for presentation on the internet-protocol-television device.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a directions request relating to the geographic location of the mobile target transceiver; and

providing, to the target mobile transceiver, directions connecting the geographic location and a target location.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the target location includes a type of location selected from a group consisting of a location of the user-chosen source transceiver, a location of a network device, and a predefined location.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising processing, during the telephony session, a voice communication between the user-chosen source transceiver and the mobile target transceiver, wherein the processing includes transferring the voice communication, received from a first device of the user-chosen source transceiver and the mobile target transceiver, to a second device of the user-chosen source transceiver and the mobile target transceiver.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising processing, during the telephony session, a text communication between the user-chosen source transceiver and the mobile target transceiver, wherein the processing includes transferring the text communication, received from a first device of the user-chosen source transceiver and the mobile target transceiver, to a second device of the user-chosen source transceiver and the mobile target transceiver.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transferring, during the telephony session, a call from the user-chosen source transceiver to a new source transceiver.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adding an additional transceiver to the telephony session to create a conference call.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the geographic location includes location coordinates.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile target transceiver is a general-packet-radio-service-enabled mobile phone.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the source, being associated with the user-chosen source transceiver, is selected from a group consisting of a person, a family, and a non-family group of persons.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the destination is a component selected from a group consisting of:

the internet-protocol-television device; and

a receiver device in operative communication with the internet-protocol-television device; and

the geographic location is provided to the destination for presentation by way of the Internet-protocol-television device.

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

receiving an indication of a user-chosen source transceiver chosen from a listing of a plurality of source transceivers, wherein each of the plurality of source transceivers is associated with a source and configured to facilitate a telephony session between the source transceiver and a mobile target transceiver, and the user-chosen source transceiver is a type of device selected from a group consisting of a mobile device, an internet-protocol-television device, a computing device, and a land-line device;

initiating a telephony session between the user-chosen source transceiver and a system of which computer-readable storage device is a part;

determining a geographic location of the mobile target transceiver; providing the geographic location to a destination; and connecting the mobile target transceiver to the telephony session.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the operation of determining the geographic location comprises:

initiating a geographic location search for the mobile target transceiver; and

obtaining, by way of the geographic location search, geographic location information indicating the geographic location.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20 , wherein the operation of initiating the geographic location search comprises notifying the mobile target transceiver of initiation of the geographic location search.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20 , wherein the operations further comprise:

creating a log of the telephony session initiated; and

associating the geographic location information, obtained during the telephony session initiated, to the log.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a directions request relating to the geographic location of the mobile target transceiver; and

providing, to the target mobile transceiver, directions between the geographic location and a target location;

wherein the target location includes a type of location selected from a group consisting of a location of the user-chosen source transceiver, a location of a network device, and a predefined location.

24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the source, being associated with the user-chosen source transceiver, is selected from a group consisting of a person, a family, and a non-family group of persons.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein:

the destination is a component selected from a group consisting of: the internet-protocol-television device; and a receiver device in operative communication with the internet-protocol-television device; and

the geographic location is provided to the destination for presentation by way of the internet-protocol-television device.

26. A system comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving an indication of a user-chosen source transceiver chosen from a listing of a plurality of source transceivers, wherein each of the plurality of source transceivers is associated with a source and configured to facilitate a telephony session between the source transceiver and a mobile target transceiver, and the user-chosen source transceiver is a type of device selected from a group consisting of a mobile device, an internet-protocol-television device, a computing device, and a land-line device;

initiating a telephony session between the user-chosen source transceiver and a system of which the computer-readable storage device is a part;

determining a geographic location of the mobile target transceiver; providing the geographic location to a destination; and

connecting the mobile target transceiver to the telephony session.

27. The system of claim 26 , wherein the operation of determining the geographic location comprises:

initiating a geographic location search for the mobile target transceiver; and

obtaining, by way of the geographic location search, geographic location information indicating the geographic location.

28. The system of claim 27 , wherein the operation of initiating the geographic location search comprises notifying the mobile target transceiver of initiation of the geographic location search.

29. The system of claim 27 , wherein the operations further comprise:

creating a log of the telephony session initiated; and

associating the geographic location information, obtained during the telephony session initiated, to the log.

30. The system of claim 26 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a directions request relating to the geographic location of the mobile target transceiver; and

providing, to the target mobile transceiver, directions between the geographic location and a target location;

wherein the target location includes a type of location selected from a group consisting of a location of the user-chosen source transceiver, a location of a network device, and a predefined location.

31. The system of claim 26 , wherein the source, being associated with the user-chosen source transceiver, is selected from a group consisting of a person, a family, and a non-family group of persons.

32. The system of claim 26 , wherein:

the destination is a component selected from a group consisting of:

the internet-protocol-television device; and

a receiver device in operative communication with the internet-protocol-television device; and

the geographic location is provided to the destination for presentation by way of the internet-protocol-television device.