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Bluetooth location identifier and general information broadcaster

  • US 9,060,071 B1
  • Filed: 08/01/2006
  • Issued: 06/16/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a Bluetooth signal at a wireless device, the signal including a broadcaster request to convey a set of desired actions to the wireless device and an authority rating, the authority rating comprising information included in the signal that indicates one of a plurality of categories and one of a plurality of subcategories indicating a rating of an authority associated with the broadcaster request;

    for each action in the set of desired actions conveyed by the broadcaster request, determining at the wireless device whether the action is allowable on the wireless device based on a comparison of both user preferences stored in the wireless device and the authority rating, whichever has priority, wherein at least one possible user preference has priority over at least one possible authority rating, and wherein at least one other possible authority rating has priority over at least one other possible user preference; and

    performing each of the actions which has been determined to be allowable on the wireless device.

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