HARDWARE ID BASED USER PROFILE IDENTIFICATION AND SHARING

• US 20150334169A1
• Filed: 05/16/2014
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Hughes, Kent W., Kotecha, Lalit R.
• Granted Patent: US 10,212,250 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/622 Layer-2 addresses, e.g. medium access control [MAC] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/71 Hardware identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• 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

A server device may receive, via a local wireless connection with a user device, a hardware identifier associated with the user device; transmit the hardware identifier to a profile server; receive, from the profile server, a user profile associated with the user of the user device; generate a message based on the user profile; and provide the message to the user device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more devices and via a local wireless connection with a user device, a hardware identifier associated with the user device;

transmitting, by the one or more devices, the hardware identifier to a profile server;

receiving, by the one or more devices and from the profile server, a user profile associated with a user of the user device;

generating, by the one or more devices, a message based on the user profile; and

providing, by the one or more devices, the message to the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the message is further based on information regarding a merchant or party associated with the one or more devices.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile includes at least one of:

information relating to personal data of the user;

payment information;

location history information;

shopping history information;

web browsing history information;

or

user device user interaction information

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining permissions from the user relating to information regarding the user that parties are permitted to receive; and

limiting the user profile based on the obtain permissions.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving location information of the user device based on receiving the user profile,

wherein the message is further based on the location information of the user device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a signal strength value associated with the local wireless connection,

wherein receiving the user profile includes receiving the user profile when the signal strength value satisfies a threshold.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a plurality of signal strength values associated with the local wireless connection,

wherein receiving the user profile includes receiving the user profile when a rate of increase of the plurality of signal strength values satisfies a threshold.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the hardware identifier includes a media access control (MAC) address received from a broadcast frame via a wireless signal from the user device.

9. A system comprising:

a server device, comprising;

a non-transitory memory device storing;

a plurality of processor-executable instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions causes the processor to;

receive, via a local wireless connection with a user device, a hardware identifier associated with the user device;

transmit the hardware identifier to a profile server;

receive, from the profile server, a user profile associated with the user of the user device;

generate a message based on the user profile; and

provide the message to the user device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to generate the message, causes the processor to generate the message further based on information regarding a merchant or party associated with the server device.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the user profile includes at least one of:

information relating to personal data of the user;

payment information;

location history information;

shopping history information;

web browsing history information;

or

user device user interaction information

12. The system of claim 9, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the processor to:

obtain permissions from the user relating to information regarding the user that parties are permitted to receive; and

limit the user profile based on the obtain permissions.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the processor to:

receiving location information of the user device based on receiving the user profile,

wherein the message is further based on the location information of the user device.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the processor to:

receive a signal strength value associated with the local wireless connection,

wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to receive the user profile, causes the processor to receive the user profile when the signal strength value satisfies a threshold.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the processor to:

receive a plurality of signal strength values associated with the local wireless connection,

wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to receive the user profile, causes the processor to receive the user profile when a rate of increase of the plurality of signal strength values satisfies a threshold.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the hardware identifier includes a media access control (MAC) address received from a broadcast frame via a wireless signal from the user device.

17. A method comprising:

receiving, by a server device, registration information from a messaging system,

the registration information identifying a messaging proximity in which the messaging system should receive a user profile associated with a user device when the user device is located within the messaging proximity;

determining, by the server device, that the user device is located within the messaging proximity;

identifying, by the server device and based on the determination that the user device is located within the messaging proximity, the user profile associated with the user device; and

outputting, by the server device, the user profile.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

generating a shareable user profile based on permissions information defining information in the user profile that is permitted to be shared,

wherein outputting the user profile includes outputting the shareable user profile.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the user profile includes at least one of:

information relating to personal data of the user;

payment information;

location history information;

shopping history information;

web browsing history information;

or

user device user interaction information.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the hardware identifier includes a media access control (MAC) address, an international mobile subscriber identifier (IMSI), a subscriber identity module (SIM) card number, or an international mobile identifier (IMEI).