Methods for location of persons with electronic wearables

• US 10,448,213 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Alan Snyder
• Original Assignee: Michael Alan Snyder
• Inventors: Snyder, Alan Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehra, Inder P
• Application Number:
  US16/040,493
• Publication Number:
  US 20190053006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 453 Days
• Field of Search: 701424, 701521, 340 727, 4554562
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Methods, computer readable storage medium, and systems for mobile devices to locate persons or places are described. In a feature, the invention is a method implemented in a server for providing beaconing sequences to the mobile devices for location sharing. In a feature, the invention is a server executing a method of locating a user using a beaconing mobile device. In a feature, the invention is a non-transitory computer readable medium on a server that encodes a program to execute a method on a first mobile device that determine directions and/or distance between the first mobile device and a second mobile device. In a feature, the invention is a server executing a method to remember a place on a mobile device.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a server for providing a unique beaconing sequence to an electronic wearable and a mobile device in a geographic area so a user of the electronic wearable and a user of the mobile device can locate each other, comprising:

receiving a request from the mobile device;

reading the request;

reading a beacon history table in response to the request read;

in response to the reading, determining if there are beacon sequences used in the geographic area;

in response to the determining, calculating a unique beacon sequence not used in the geographic area;

adding the unique beacon sequence to the beacon history table; and

sending the unique beacon sequence for display on the electronic wearable and the mobile device, wherein the displayed unique beacon sequence is conspicuous and can be seen by the user of the electronic wearable and the user of the mobile device in the geographic area so that the user of the electronic wearable and the user of the mobile device can locate each other.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique beacon sequence for display on the electronic wearable is visibly different from the other beacon sequences used in the geographic area.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating coordinates for a compass on the mobile device that indicates the location of the electronic wearable.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the mobile device is a smart watch.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising computing an offset for displaying the unique beacon sequence at that same time on the electronic wearable and the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising using venue or cell location to determine the geographic area.

7. A method implemented in a server for providing a unique beaconing sequence to an electronic wearable and a mobile device in a geographic area so a user of the electronic wearable and a user of the mobile device can locate each other, comprising:

receiving a request from the electronic wearable;

reading the request;

reading a beacon history table in response to the request read;

in response to the reading, determining if there are beacon sequences used in the geographic area;

in response to the determining, calculating a unique beacon sequence not used in the geographic area;

adding the unique beacon sequence to the beacon history table; and

sending the unique beacon sequence for display on the electronic wearable and the mobile device, wherein the displayed unique beacon sequence is conspicuous and can be seen by the user of the mobile device and the user of the electronic wearable in the geographic area so that the user of the electronic wearable and the user of the mobile device can locate each other.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the unique beacon sequence for display on the electronic wearable is visibly different from the other beacon sequences used in the geographic area.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising updating coordinates for a compass on the electronic wearable that indicates the location of the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the mobile device is a smart watch.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising computing an offset for displaying the unique beacon sequence at that same time on the electronic wearable and the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising using venue or cell location to determine the geographic area.

13. A method implemented in a server for providing a unique beaconing sequence to a first electronic wearable and a second electronic wearable in a geographic area so a first user of the electronic wearable and a second user of the second electronic wearable can locate each other, comprising:

receiving a request from the first electronic wearable;

reading the request;

reading a beacon history table in response to the request read;

in response to the reading, determining if there are beacon sequences used in the geographic area;

in response to the determining, calculating a unique beacon sequence not used in the geographic area;

adding the unique beacon sequence to the beacon history table; and

sending the unique beacon sequence for display on the first electronic wearable and the second electronic wearable, wherein the displayed unique beacon sequence is conspicuous and can be seen by the first user and the second user in the geographic area so that the first user of the first electronic wearable and the second user of the second electronic wearable can locate each other.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the unique beacon sequence for display on the first and second electronic wearables is visibly different from the other beacon sequences used in the geographic area.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising updating coordinates for a compass on the second electronic wearable that indicates the location of the first electronic wearable.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising computing an offset for displaying the unique beacon sequence at that same time on the first electronic wearable and the second electronic wearable.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising using venue or cell location to determine the geographic area.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the first and second electronic wearables are smart watches.