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System for location based triggers for mobile devices

  • US 10,349,243 B1
  • Filed: 01/28/2019
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a building including a plurality of facilities therein, the building including;

    a first broadcast short-range communications unit having a first fixed location and configured to;

    generate one or more first broadcast messages including at least one first value,broadcast, via a first wireless communications protocol, the one or more first broadcast messages including the at least one first value, for intended receipt by a plurality of mobile devices in a communication range of the first broadcast short-range communications unit, andre-broadcast, via the first wireless communications protocol, the one or more first broadcast messages including the at least one first value, for intended receipt by the plurality of mobile devices in the communication range of the first broadcast short-range communications unit, anda second broadcast short-range communications unit having a second fixed location and configured to;

    generate one or more second broadcast messages including at least one second value,broadcast, via the first wireless communications protocol, the one or more second broadcast messages including the at least one second value, for intended receipt by the plurality of mobile devices in a communication range of the second broadcast short-range communications unit, andre-broadcast, via the first wireless communications protocol, the one or more second broadcast messages including the at least one second value, for intended receipt by the plurality of mobile devices in the communication range of the second broadcast short-range communications unit;

    code configured to be executed by at least one of the plurality of mobile devices, the code, when executed, configured to cause the at least one mobile device to;

    receive an indication of a receipt, from the first broadcast short-range communications unit and via the first wireless communications protocol, of the one or more first broadcast messages including the at least one first value,receive an indication of a receipt, from the second broadcast short-range communications unit and via the first wireless communications protocol, of the one or more second broadcast messages including the at least one second value,cause to be sent, from the at least one mobile device and via a second wireless communications protocol and an Internet Protocol over the Internet at least in part, a first message, andcause to be sent, from the at least one mobile device and via the second wireless communications protocol and the Internet Protocol over the Internet at least in part, a second message, where the first wireless communications protocol and the second wireless communications protocol are different and a first range of the first broadcast short-range communications unit and the second broadcast short-range communications unit when using the first wireless communications protocol is shorter than a second range of the at least one mobile device when using the second wireless communications protocol, and further where the first message and the second message do not pass through the first broadcast short-range communications unit nor the second broadcast short-range communications unit when sent from the at least one mobile device and via the second wireless communications protocol and the Internet Protocol over the Internet at least in part; and

    instructions configured to be executed by at least one server, the instructions, when executed, configured to cause the at least one server to;

    receive, from the at least one mobile device and via the Internet protocol over the Internet at least in part, the first message,after the receipt, from the at least one mobile device and via the Internet protocol over the Internet at least in part, of the first message;

    retrieve first location-relevant information,cause to be sent, from the at least one server to the at least one mobile device and via the Internet protocol over the Internet at least in part, the first location-relevant information,receive, from the at least one mobile device and via the Internet protocol over the Internet at least in part, the second message,after the receipt, from the at least one mobile device and via the Internet protocol over the Internet at least in part, of the second message;

    retrieve second location-relevant information, andcause to be sent, from the at least one server to the at least one mobile device and via the Internet protocol over the Internet at least in part, the second location-relevant information;

    said code, when executed, further configured to cause the at least one mobile device to;

    receive, from the at least one server and via the second wireless communications protocol and the Internet Protocol over the Internet at least in part, the first location-relevant information,receive, from the at least one server and via the second wireless communications protocol and the Internet Protocol over the Internet at least in part, the second location-relevant information,after the receipt, from the at least one server and via the second wireless communications protocol, of the first location-relevant information;

    cause to be output, via the at least one mobile device, first visual information based on the first location-relevant information, andafter the receipt, from the at least one server and via the second wireless communications protocol, of the second location-relevant information; and

    after the first visual information is caused to be output based on the first location-relevant information;

    cause to be output, via the at least one mobile device, second visual information based on the second location-relevant information;

    wherein the system is configured such that the first visual information is caused to be output without requiring communication of the first message through the first broadcast short-range communications unit after the receipt of the indication of the receipt of the one or more first broadcast messages, and the second visual information is caused to be output without requiring communication of the second message through the second broadcast short-range communications unit after the receipt of the indication of the receipt of the one or more second broadcast messages.

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