SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS DEVICE DETECTION, RECOGNITION AND VISIT PROFILING
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1. A method for automatically characterizing a visit of a wireless device at or near a wireless hotspot location via a receiver operated within the location, comprising:
- detecting one or more wireless transmissions from the wireless device via the receiver operated at the wireless hotspot location;
extracting a unique device identifier from each of said one or more wireless transmissions;
tracking a visit profile of the wireless device via said unique device identifier;
processing said visit profile against one or more preset visit characterization criteria defined for the wireless hotspot location to discriminate between two or more designated visit classifications; and
characterizing the visit as being consistent with one of said designated visit classifications based on said processing.
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Abstract
Described are various embodiments of a system and method in which device-identifying data can be used to uniquely recognize and optionally track and report on device activity at one or more Wi-Fi locations by way of the creation and management of a device and/or visit profile uniquely associated with such devices and stored in a network accessible knowledge base.
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1. A method for automatically characterizing a visit of a wireless device at or near a wireless hotspot location via a receiver operated within the location, comprising:
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detecting one or more wireless transmissions from the wireless device via the receiver operated at the wireless hotspot location; extracting a unique device identifier from each of said one or more wireless transmissions; tracking a visit profile of the wireless device via said unique device identifier; processing said visit profile against one or more preset visit characterization criteria defined for the wireless hotspot location to discriminate between two or more designated visit classifications; and characterizing the visit as being consistent with one of said designated visit classifications based on said processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for automatically identifying a wireless device as being physically located at a Wi-Fi location and within or outside a physical boundary at least partially defining this location, the method comprising:
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detecting a wireless transmission from the wireless device via a receiver operated within the physical boundary; processing a signal strength of said wireless transmission against a preset signal strength signature of the location defining one or more signal strength criteria for discriminating between signal strengths predominantly associated with devices operated from within the physical boundary, from those predominantly associated with devices operated from outside the physical boundary; and identifying the device as being within or outside the physical boundary based on said processing. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for automatically classifying wireless device visits at or near a wireless hotspot location, comprising:
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a receiver operated from within the wireless hotspot location; a data storage device; and a data processor operable to; extract unique device identifiers from wireless transmissions received by said receiver from wireless devices operated at or near the hotspot location; track, in said data storage device, respective visits from each of said wireless devices via said extracted unique device identifiers; record, in said data storage device, indication of at least one of a visit duration and a received signal strength for each of said tracked wireless devices; and classify each of said respective visits as a function of said indication. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable medium having statements and instructions stored therein for implementation by a processor to automatically discriminate between wireless signals received by a Wi-Fi receiver operated at a location from wireless devices operated from within a physical boundary at least partially defining this location, from those wireless devices operated from outside the physical boundary, by:
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receiving as input a signal strength value associated with a given wireless transmission; comparing said signal strength value against a preset signal strength signature of the location defining a signal strength criteria for discriminating between signal strengths predominantly associated with devices operated from with the physical boundary, from those predominantly associated with devices operated from outside the physical boundary; and identifying said given wireless transmission has having been transmitted from a device operated from within or outside the physical boundary based on said comparing. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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