Mobile customer presence detection
US9743235B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/021
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, including detecting, by a first client device, a presence of a mobile customer in a particular geographic location, with detecting being through a direct device communication between the first client device and a second client device that is associated with the mobile customer; in response to the mobile customer presence detection, updating a local registry of the first client device with a customer identifier of the mobile customer; and retrieving, from a server device, customer information about the mobile customer; generating, based on contents of the local registry, a list of customers who are presently located in the particular geographic location; and rendering on a display device of the first client device at least one of the list of customers or the retrieved customer information.
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