SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCRYPTING LOCATION BROADCASTS

• US 20140222685A1
• Filed: 12/16/2013
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BBY Solutions Incorporated (Best Buy Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Swirl Networks, Inc.
• Inventors: Middleton, Thomas, Boes, Robert Todd
• Granted Patent: US 9,715,698 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/00 Business processing using cryptography postage metering system using cryptography G06Q2250/05
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0435 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply symmetric encryption, i.e. same key used for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for symmetric key encryption H04L9/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0819 Key transport or distribution, i.e. key establishment techniques where one party creates or otherwise obtains a secret value, and securely transfers it to the other(s) network architectures or network communication protocols for key distribution in a packet data network H04L63/062
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system and method for providing a user with supplemental content based on the user'"'"'s preferences and location. The disclosure provides a computer program that allows users to discover and organize content from a platform that is accessible from a mobile device or computer. Additionally, the disclosure provides a system for determining a user'"'"'s location while indoors. The system can associate the user'"'"'s location with specific content or items in a store and provide the user with supplemental content related to those items.

Claims

1. A system for delivering supplemental content, the system comprising:

a server, the server configured to;

receive data, the data including an encrypted data packet, a key hint, and an indication of a client position;

select a key to decrypt the encrypted data packet responsive to the key hint and the indication of the client position;

decrypt the encrypted data packet;

retrieve a beacon identification from the decrypted data packet;

determine a micro-location of the client responsive to the beacon identification; and

transmit, to the client, a supplemental content item responsive to the determined micro-location of the client.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the key hint is non-unique.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication of the client position is one of a geo-hash of a global positioning coordinate, a global positioning coordinate, or a network service set identifier (SSID).

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the encrypted data packet is encrypted with a 16-bit AES key.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the encrypted data packed is one block of AES data.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the key hint is a truncated copy of the key to decrypt the encrypted data packet.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to determine the micro-location of the client by generating a hash with the beacon identification and using the hash to retrieve the micro-location from a hash table.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to update the key to decrypt the encrypted data packet after a predetermined amount of time.

9. A method for delivering supplemental content, the method comprising:

receiving, by a server, data, the data including an encrypted data packet, a key hint, and an indication of a client position;

selecting, by the server, a key to decrypt the encrypted data packet responsive to the key hint and the indication of the client position;

decrypting, by the server, the encrypted data packet;

retrieving, by the server, a beacon identification from the decrypted data packet;

determining, by the server, a micro-location of the client responsive to the beacon identification; and

transmitting, by the server, a supplemental content item responsive to the determined micro-location of the client.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the key hint is non-unique.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the indication of the client position is one of a geo-hash of a global positioning coordinate, a global positioning coordinate, or a network service set identifier (SSID).

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the encrypted data packet is encrypted with a 16-bit AES key.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the encrypted data packed is one block of AES data.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the key hint is a truncated copy of the key to decrypt the encrypted data packet.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein determining the micro-location of the client further comprises generating a hash with the beacon identification and using the hash to retrieve the micro-location from a hash table.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising updating the key to decrypt the encrypted data packet after a predetermined amount of time.

17. A computer readable medium storing processor executable instructions thereon, the instructions, when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

receive data, the data including an encrypted data packet, a key hint, and an indication of a client position;

select a key to decrypt the encrypted data packet responsive to the key hint and the indication of the client position;

decrypt the encrypted data packet;

retrieve a beacon identification from the decrypted data packet;

determine a micro-location of the client responsive to the beacon identification; and

transmit a supplemental content item responsive to the determined micro-location of the client.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the key hint is non-unique.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the indication of the client position is one of a geo-hash of a global positioning coordinate, a global positioning coordinate, or a network service set identifier (SSID).

20. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the key hint is a truncated copy of the key to decrypt the encrypted data packet.