METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRE AND POST PROCESSING OF BEACON ID SIGNALS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of processing a wireless beacon signal comprising:
- a mobile device receiving from a beacon a wireless beacon signal;
the mobile device determining a beacon identifier from the wireless beacon signal;
the mobile device pre-processing the beacon identifier with a beacon filter manager; and
the mobile device enabling a mobile application associated with the beacon identifier to process the beacon identifier if allowed by the beacon filter manager.
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Abstract
A wireless beacon message management system and method of operating the system with a mobile device. At least one wireless beacon is strategically located in a premises, such as a building or other geocentrically defined area. Each wireless beacon has means for transmitting a wireless beacon signal, wherein the wireless beacon signal includes a beacon data message that has a beacon identification that identifies the beacon transmitting the signal, and optionally the content being delivered. A mobile device such as a smartphone, tablet or the like receives the wireless beacon signal and analyzes it to extract the beacon identification and optional beacon content. The mobile device may then apply one or more software filters to the beacon data message that enables the mobile device to initiate an action based on the filtered beacon data message.
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82 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of processing a wireless beacon signal comprising:
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a mobile device receiving from a beacon a wireless beacon signal; the mobile device determining a beacon identifier from the wireless beacon signal; the mobile device pre-processing the beacon identifier with a beacon filter manager; and the mobile device enabling a mobile application associated with the beacon identifier to process the beacon identifier if allowed by the beacon filter manager. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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- 32. The method of wherein the post processing routing comprises a product comparison service.
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42. A mobile device comprising processing circuitry, program storage, a user input device, a user output device, a short range wireless interface for short range communication with a beacon, and a network interface for wireless communications with a network, wherein the program storage stores program code for programming the processing circuitry to:
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receive a wireless beacon signal from a beacon via the short-range wireless interface; determine a beacon identifier from the wireless beacon signal; pre-process the beacon identifier with a beacon filter manager; and enable a mobile application associated with the beacon identifier to process the beacon identifier if allowed by the beacon filter manager. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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