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Network detection for content synchronization and reporting

  • US 10,154,396 B1
  • Filed: 10/16/2017
  • Issued: 12/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of communicating with mobile devices located at an event venue comprising:

  • providing a plurality of mobile devices, said mobile devices having a screen and capable of detecting a unique wireless signal with an application loaded on the mobile device and said mobile devices have presentation files loaded in the mobile devices, and said mobile device has an internal clock;

    providing at least one emitting station which transmits at least one unique wireless network signal over a range of area identified with a unique network identifier;

    encoding said unique wireless network signals with a set of instructions in the network identifier to access and display the presentation on the screen of the mobile devices comprising a timestamp depicting the start time of the presentation;

    said mobile devices detecting the encoded unique wireless signals, but not connecting to the network, when the mobile devices are located in the range of the emitting stations;

    said application loaded on the mobile device recognizing the encoded wireless network signal, decoding the instructions encoded in the network identifier and executing instructions;

    whereas when said application displays said presentation, the application will compare the timestamp in the instructions with the current time as indicated by the internal clock in the mobile device and begin playing the presentation at a point midway through the presentation file, based on the elapsed time between the timestamp and the actual time.

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