Abstract: A method of covert communication between a mobile device and emergency dispatch according to one embodiment includes receiving, by the mobile device, a user's selection of a covert communication option on a user interface of the mobile device, establishing, by the mobile device, a communication connection with an emergency dispatch system in response to receiving the user's selection of the covert communication option, and launching, by the mobile device, a text-based conversation with the emergency dispatch system in response to establishing the communication connection and without revealing an existence of the communication connection to other persons in a vicinity of the mobile device.

Abstract: A method for electronically facilitating the facilitating the safe and anonymous transport of goods between a buyer and seller according to one embodiment includes determining a buyer's location and a seller's location, scheduling transport of the item from the seller's location to the buyer's location, determining a driver for transport of the item based on a description of the item and a pool of active drivers within a threshold proximity of the seller's location, monitoring for fluctuations in an estimated time of arrival of driver at each of the seller's location and the buyer's location based on a real-time geographical location of the driver, and transmitting a notification in response to a determination that the estimated time of arrival has deviated by at least a threshold amount.