Abstract: Techniques are provided that may be implemented in various methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture for use by one or more electronic devices to support proximity services for a mobile device. In an example implementation, a computing device may determine whether a first mobile device and a second mobile device are each operatively provisioned to make use of a common proximity service, use a first procedure to determine whether a state of near proximity exists between at least two mobile devices, use a second procedure to determine whether a state of proximity exists between the at least two mobile devices, and initiate notification of a user and/or an application of at least one of the mobile devices in response to one or more of such determinations.

Abstract: Techniques are provided to support proximity services for a mobile device. In an example implementation, an electronic device may determine whether a first mobile device and a second mobile device are each operatively provisioned to make use of a common proximity service, and determine whether a state of proximity between the first and second mobile devices is expected to occur at a future time based at least in part on a current or past motion state of at least one of the mobile devices, and/or a historic behavior of at least one of the mobile devices, and/or an identification that the mobile devices are in a common venue. The electronic device may initiate notification of a user and/or an application of at least one of the mobile devices that a state of proximity with the other mobile device has occurred or will occur.