Appliances that trigger applications on consumer devices based on user proximity to appliance
US9473892B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 11, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/80
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Example appliances that trigger applications on consumer devices based on user proximity to appliance background are disclosed. A disclosed example system includes an appliance to detect a proximity of a user to the appliance, a remote server to receive a result of the proximity detection from the appliance, and to send an application trigger based on the result, and a user device associated with the user to activate an application on the user device in response to the application trigger received from the remote server.
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