IDENTIFYING USER COMPUTING DEVICE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS

• US 20170364901A1
• Filed: 06/07/2017
• Published: 12/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Chandrasekaran, Sashikanth, Xu, Zhihong
• Application Number:
  US15/616,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20170364901A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2205/09 for tracking people
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/019 Energy consumption
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0295 Proximity-based methods, e.g. position inferred from reception of particular signals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/27 for locating or positioning the transmitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/64 using geofenced areas
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/73 Access point logical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

The proposed solution in particular relates to a computer-implemented method to identify user computing device locations based on location data and beacon signal strength in which a user computing device receives a beacon signal comprising a beacon device identifier from a beacon device via a wireless network scan and determines that a second location of the user computing device is within a geofence boundary and is less than a predefined distance from a location of the beacon device based on a beacon signal strength of the beacon device. The beacon signal strength is based on at least one of the received beacon signal and further signals received from the beacon device via the wireless network scan. In response to determining that the second location is less than the predefined distance from the location of the beacon device, the user computing device transmits a next in line status message indicating the location of the user computer device and a user identifier associated with the user computing device to a computing device associated with the beacon device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method to identify user computing device locations based on location data and beacon signal strength, comprising:

receiving, by a user computing device, a geofence boundary associated with a particular location, a location of a beacon device at the particular location, and a beacon device identifier associated with the beacon device;

determining, by the user computing device, that a first location of the user computing device is located within the geofence boundary;

in response to determining that the user computing device is located within the geofence boundary, performing a wireless network scan by scanning, by the user computing device, for wireless signals over a wireless network;

receiving, by the user computing device, a beacon signal comprising the beacon device identifier from the beacon device via the wireless network scan;

determining, by the user computing device, that a second location of the user computing device is within the geofence boundary and is less than a predefined distance from the location of the beacon device based on a beacon signal strength of the beacon device the beacon signal strength being based on at least one of the received beacon signal and further signals received from the beacon device via the wireless network scan; and

in response to determining that the second location is less than the predefined distance from the location of the beacon device, transmitting, by the user computing device, a next in line status message indicating the location of the user computer device and a user identifier associated with the user computing device to a computing device associated with the beacon device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device associated with the beacon device is operable to process a request based on information associated with an account of a user identified by the user identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device associated with the beacon device transmits a request to a processor computing system for an information associated with the user identifier and receives the information associated with the user identifier from the processor computing system.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the user computing device, the beacon signal strength of the beacon device; and

determining that the beacon device signal strength is greater than a predefined signal strength, wherein transmitting the next in line status message and the user identifier associated with the user computing device to the computing device associated with the beacon device is further in response to determining that the beacon device signal strength is greater than the predefined signal strength.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

processing, by the computing device associated with the beacon device, a request based on information associated with the user identifier,

wherein the information associated with the user identifier comprises payment account information, and

wherein the processing request comprises a request to process a transaction using the payment account information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the beacon device is located in proximity to a drive-through window at the particular location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user computing device transitions from an inactive or semi-active state to an active state in response to determining that the user computing device is located within the geofence boundary or in response to detecting the beacon device via the wireless network.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein, for determining that a second location of the user computing device is within the geofence boundary and is less than a predefined distance from the location of the beacon device, the user computing device monitors the location of the user computing device and the beacon signal strength.

9. A method to identify user computing device locations based on location data and beacon signal strength, comprising:

broadcasting, by a service provider computing device, a beacon signal at a service provider location;

receiving, by a service provider computing device, at a service provider location over a network, a next in line request from a user computing device, wherein the user computing device transmits the next in line request in response to determining that the beacon signal broadcast at the service provider location exceeds a threshold signal strength and wherein the next in line request comprises an account identifier of a user the account identifier identifying a user account of the user;

transmitting, by a service provider computing device and to a service processing device, a request for user account data associated with the user account and the account identifier;

receiving, by a service provider computing device and from the service processing device, multiple user account data;

displaying, by a service provider computing device via a user interface, the multiple user account data;

receiving, by a service provider computing device, an input of a selection of particular user account data from the multiple user account data via the user interface;

transmitting, by a service provider computing device, a processing request to the service processing device comprising the particular user account data;

receiving, by a service provider computing device, results of the processing request from the service processing device; and

displaying, by a service provider computing device, the results of the processing request.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the user computing device further transmits the next in line request based on a determination that the user computing device is located within a threshold distance from a particular location at the service provider location.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the account information comprises payment account information and wherein the processing request comprises a request to process a transaction using the payment account information.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the particular location comprises a drive-through window at the service provider location.

13. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to identify user computing device locations based on location data and beacon signal strength, the computer-executable program instructions comprising;

computer-executable program instructions to broadcast a beacon signal at a service provider location;

computer-executable program instructions to receive, at a service provider location over a network, a next in line request from a user computing device, wherein the user computing device transmits the next in line request in response to determining that a beacon signal broadcast at the service provider location exceeds a threshold signal strength, and wherein the next in line request comprises an account identifier associated with the user computing device;

computer-executable program instructions to transmit, to a service processing device, a request for user account data associated with the account identifier;

computer-executable program instructions to receive, from the service processing device, multiple user account data;

computer-executable program instructions to display, via a user interface, the multiple user account data;

computer-executable program instructions to receive an input of a selection of particular user account data from the multiple user account data via the user interface;

computer-executable program instructions to transmit a processing request to the service processing device comprising the selection of the particular user account data;

computer-executable program instructions to receive results of the processing request from the service processing device; and

computer-executable program instructions to display the results of the processing request.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the user computing device further transmits the next in line request based on a determination that the user computing device is located within a threshold distance from a particular location at the service provider location.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the account information comprises payment account information, and wherein the processing request comprises a request to process a transaction using the payment account information.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the particular location comprises a drive-through window at the service provider location.

17. A system to identify users, comprising:

a storage device; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the storage device, wherein the processor executes application code instructions that are stored in the storage device to cause the system to;

receive, at a service provider location over a network, a next in line request from a user computing device, wherein the user computing device transmits the next in line request in response to determining that a beacon signal broadcast at the service provider location exceeds a threshold signal strength and wherein the next in line request comprises an account identifier of the user;

transmit a processing request to a service processing device comprising the user identity and processing details;

receive results of the processing request from the service processing device, wherein the processing device processes the processing request using user account data associated with the user account identity and the transaction details; and

display the results of the processing request.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to execute computer-readable program instructions stored on the storage device to cause the system to broadcast the beacon signal at the service provider location.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to execute computer-readable program instructions stored on the storage device to cause the system to:

transmit, to the service processing device, a request for user account processing data associated with the user account and the account identifier;

receive, from the service processing device, multiple user account processing data;

display the multiple user account processing data via a user interface; and

receive a selection of a particular user account processing data from the multiple user account processing data, wherein the selected particular user account processing data is transmitted to the service processing device along with the user identity and wherein the service processing device processes the processing request further using the selected particular user account processing data.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to execute computer-executable program instructions stored on the storage device to cause the system to:

display, via a user interface, a request to confirm user identity; and

receive an input of a selection of a confirmation of user identity via the user interface, wherein the processing request is transmitted in response to receiving the input of the selection of the confirmation of user identity.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the user computing device transmits the next in line request further in response to determining that the location of the user computing device is less than a threshold distance from the system.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the selected user account processing data comprises payment account information and wherein the processing request comprises a request to process a transaction using the payment account information.