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System and Method for Proximity Detection

  • US 20140087769A1
  • Filed: 10/11/2013
  • Published: 03/27/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for detecting a presence of a user'"'"'s mobile device at a location comprising:

  • a central server computing device configured to receive data from the user'"'"'s mobile device, wherein the user'"'"'s mobile device is configured to detect and identify devices by the use of a short range radio frequency digital communication protocol;

    non-transitory computer readable media comprising computer instructions which when executed by the computing device cause the system;

    to receive and process said data from the user'"'"'s mobile device on the computing device, said data including device identities detected by the user'"'"'s mobile device;

    to compute a probability of the user'"'"'s mobile device presence at the location based at least in part on a set of said device identities received from the user'"'"'s mobile device;

    whereby when the computed probability exceeds a threshold value, the system indicates the presence of the user'"'"'s mobile device at the location.

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