Enabling device functionality based on indoor positioning system detection of physical customer presence
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1. A method, comprising:
- at a computing platform comprising at least one processor, a memory, and a communication interface;
receiving, via the communication interface and from an indoor positioning system located at a physical banking center location of a financial institution, a plurality of messages comprising data indicating physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution;
responsive to receiving the plurality of messages comprising the data indicating the physical presence of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, determining, by the at least one processor, that one or more customers of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution are authorized to utilize one or more functions of one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; and
communicating via the communication interface to one or more personal computing devices in possession of the one or more customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, displaying on the one or more personal computing devices that of the one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that the one or more customers is authorized to use, and the identity of the one or more functions of the one or more the financial institution that the one or more customers is authorized to use.
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Abstract
A computing platform may receive a plurality of messages comprising data indicating physical presence of customers at a physical location from an indoor positioning system located at the physical location. Responsive to receiving the plurality of messages comprising the data indicating the physical presence of the customers at the physical location, the computing platform may determine that one or more customers of the customers at the physical location are authorized to utilize one or more functions of one or more computing devices physically located at the physical location.
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1. A method, comprising:
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at a computing platform comprising at least one processor, a memory, and a communication interface; receiving, via the communication interface and from an indoor positioning system located at a physical banking center location of a financial institution, a plurality of messages comprising data indicating physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; responsive to receiving the plurality of messages comprising the data indicating the physical presence of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, determining, by the at least one processor, that one or more customers of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution are authorized to utilize one or more functions of one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; and communicating via the communication interface to one or more personal computing devices in possession of the one or more customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, displaying on the one or more personal computing devices that of the one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that the one or more customers is authorized to use, and the identity of the one or more functions of the one or more the financial institution that the one or more customers is authorized to use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
a communication interface; anda memory storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the apparatus to; receive, via the communication interface and from an indoor positioning system located at a physical banking center location of a financial institution, a plurality of messages comprising data indicating physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; determine that one or more customers of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution are authorized to utilize one or more functions of one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; and communicate, via the communication interface and to the one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, instructions to enable the one or more functions of the one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution for the one or more customers of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; communicate via the communication interface to one or more personal computing devices in possession of the one or more customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, displaying on the one or more personal computing devices that the physical presence of the one or more customers has been detected, the identity of the one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that the one or more customers is authorized to use, and the identity of the one or more functions of the one or more the financial institution that the one or more customers is authorized to use.
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20. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to:
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receive, from a communication interface and an indoor positioning system located at a physical banking center location of a financial institution, a plurality of messages comprising data indicating physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; determine, based at least in part on the data indicating the physical presence of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, that one or more customers of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution are authorized to utilize one or more functions of one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; responsive to determining that the one or more customers of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution are authorized to utilize the one or more functions of the one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, communicate, to the one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, instructions to enable the one or more functions of the one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution for the one or more customers of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; communicate via the communication interface to one or more personal computing devices in possession of the one or more customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, displaying on the one or more personal computing devices that the physical presence of the one or more customers has been detected, the identity of the one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that the one or more customers is authorized to use, and the identity of the one or more functions of the one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that the one or more customers is authorized to use; determine that the one or more customers of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution have left the physical banking center location of the financial institution; and responsive to determining that the one or more customers of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution have left the physical banking center location of the financial institution, communicate, to the one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, instructions to disable the one or more functions of the one or more computing devices physically located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution for the one or more customers of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that have left the physical banking center location of the financial institution.
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