Systems and methods for programmatically grouping consumer devices into stable spatial clusters

US11093920B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Groupon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Geoffrey Hubert Woo · San Francisco, US
• Mahmudul Arefin Din · San Francisco, US
• Robert James Skillington · Melbourne, AU
• Michael Chen · San Francisco, US
• Tihomir Tsankov Georgiev · Menlo Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 17, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W40/244
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, apparatus, methods, and non-transitory media for programmatically grouping consumer devices into stable spatial clusters are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include a point-of-sale system including a first consumer device of a stable spatial cluster of consumer devices to serve as a communication beacon. The first consumer device, that serves as the communication beacon, is configured to transmit and receive signals between a server and the other consumer devices of the stable spatial cluster of consumer devices. The other consumer devices receive a beacon identifier from the first consumer device and are thereby associated with a point-of-sale order to facilitate suitable point-of-sale functionality that may be provided via the first consumer device.