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Device association-based locating methods

  • US 10,417,604 B2
  • Filed: 01/04/2016
  • Issued: 09/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A product ordering method comprising:

  • providing a product ordering application to a user for installation on a computing device, the computing device comprising signal receiving hardware;

    enabling placement of a product order to a particular product supplier using the computing device;

    receiving by the computing device via the product ordering application a wireless signal broadcast corresponding to a first signal protocol from a mobile signaling device, the wireless signal broadcast comprising an identifier associated with the mobile signaling device;

    measuring by the computing device the wireless signal broadcast to produce at least one signal measurement;

    transmitting by the computing device via a second signal protocol the identifier associated with the mobile signaling device and the at least one signal measurement to a computing system via a network;

    determining by the computing system that the identifier corresponds to the particular product supplier based on data for authenticating the identifier stored by the computing system;

    estimating a location of the mobile signaling device by the computing system based on the at least one signal measurement;

    transmitting by the computing system to the computing device the location of the mobile signaling device and an indication that the identifier corresponds to the particular product supplier; and

    providing the user of the computing device via the product ordering application the location of the mobile signaling device and the indication that the identifier corresponds to the particular product supplier.

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