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Proximity services

US10009868B1 · kind B1 · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateJul 7, 2015
Grant dateJun 26, 2018
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/51
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method, systems, and computer-readable media for receiving, from an application instance operating on a client device, information that indicates a client device identifier, a wireless proximity beacon identifier, and a proximity of the identified client device to the identified wireless proximity beacon. From the received information, a determination is made whether the proximity of the identified client device to the identified wireless proximity beacon satisfies a threshold proximity. Based at least on the determination, an action is determined that the application instance operating on the identified client device is permitted to perform while the proximity of the identified client device to the identified wireless proximity beacon satisfies the threshold proximity. Information is transmitted to the identified client device that enables the application instance operating on the identified client device to perform the action.

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