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Reminders based on device proximity using bluetooth LE

  • US 10,721,706 B2
  • Filed: 02/12/2018
  • Issued: 07/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising:

  • determining, by a computer system and based on a connection between a Bluetooth beacon and a first computing device, that a first user has entered a location that includes an entity associated with the Bluetooth beacon,wherein the Bluetooth beacon is configured to provide an identifier that is acknowledged by an application of the first computing device in response to the first computing device connecting with the Bluetooth beacon according to a short-range communication protocol;

    accessing, in response to determining that the first user has entered the location that includes the entity associated with the Bluetooth beacon, a user contact list that is accessible to the first computing device via a long-range network connection between the first computing device and the computer system;

    determining, based on accessing the user contact list, that the user contact list identifies a second user that is associated with a second computing device, which is currently, or has previously, connected to the Bluetooth beacon associated with the entity;

    generating a message for display at an interface of the application of the first computing device,wherein the message includes information that is related to the entity, andwherein the message is generated based on determining that the user contact list identifies the second user that is associated with the second computing device, which is currently, or has previously, connected to the Bluetooth beacon associated with the entity; and

    causing, in response to the first computing device connecting with the Bluetooth beacon according to the short-range communication protocol, the message to be presented at the interface of the application of the first computing device.

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