Methods, server, and terminal are provided for allowing an initiating party to "finger-point" another party targeted for communication using an electronic terminal and as a consequence of such "finger-pointing", to retrieve at least an indication of the identity of a mobile terminal of the targeted party to establish a communication therewith. In a first embodiment, the "finger-pointing" comprises pointing a camera-enabled terminal and acquiring a picture of the targeted party, which is translated by the server using picture analysis techniques into a terminal address. In another embodiment, the "finger-pointing" comprises targeting the party with a directive antenna emission to obtain a radio identifier of the targeted party, which is translated by the server into an identity of the targeted party to establish a communication therewith. In yet another embodiment, the initiating party also provides location information to the server, so that the server parses only records that match the location information thus reducing identification time.

 
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