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System and method for gathering information about a subject in close proximity to a user

  • US 9,426,623 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2015
  • Issued: 08/23/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a plurality of limited range wireless transmitters located at a plurality of positions within a real estate property, each limited range wireless transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit a limited range signal that includes information about the real estate property and information indicative of the position at which the limited range wireless transmitter is located, wherein the position-indicative information in each limited range signal comprises data indicative of an elevation or floor for the limited range wireless transmitter that transmitted that limited range signal, and wherein a plurality of the limited range signals include different information about the real estate property;

    a mobile computing device, the mobile computing device configured to execute a mobile application, wherein the mobile application is further configured to (1) interact with an altimeter of the mobile computing device, (2) resolve a current position for the mobile computing device to an elevation or floor within the real estate property based on the interaction with the altimeter, (3) process a plurality of limited range signals wirelessly received by the mobile computing device from a plurality of the limited range wireless transmitters, (4) select a limited range signal from among the plurality of received limited range signals based at least in part on (i) relative signal strengths between the received limited range signals, and (ii) the position-indicative information for the received limited range signals relative to the resolved elevation or floor for the mobile computing device, and (5) based on the information about the real estate property from the selected limited range signal, generate data for a visual display about the real estate property corresponding to the selected limited range signal for consumption by a user of the mobile computing device through a display screen of the mobile computing device.

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