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System and method for location based exchanges of data facilitating distributed locational applications

  • US 9,392,408 B2
  • Filed: 11/22/2013
  • Issued: 07/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • maintaining in local memory of a receiving mobile data processing system a location based configuration anticipating receiving a broadcast unidirectional wireless data record, the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record including;

    a field containing web site identifying information for describing a web site associated with a beaconing data processing system, anda field containing a signal strength of the beaconing data processing system;

    receiving, in the receiving mobile data processing system, the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record directly from the beaconing data processing system in a wireless vicinity of the receiving mobile data processing system, the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record periodically beaconed by the beaconing data processing system for direct receipt by any of a plurality of receiving mobile data processing systems in a wireless vicinity of the beaconing data processing system; and

    processing, in the receiving mobile data processing system, the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record for operations including;

    determining the web site identifying information for describing the web site associated with the beaconing data processing system wherein the identity web site identifying information is for an alert that the receiving mobile data processing system is in the wireless vicinity of the beaconing data processing system;

    determining location based data using the web site associated with the beaconing data processing system wherein the location based data is for use when the receiving mobile data processing system is in the wireless vicinity of the beaconing data processing system; and

    communicating the location based data to provide the alert that the receiving mobile data processing system is in the wireless vicinity of the beaconing data processing system.

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