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

• US 10,477,994 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2019
• Issued: 11/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: William J. Johnson
• Original Assignee: William J. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, William J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Miah, Liton
• Application Number:
  US16/375,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20190231097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 229 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/16 Devices for hanging or supporting pictures, mirrors, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 13/00 Dowels or other devices fastened in walls or the like by inserting them in holes made therein for that purpose nails F16B15/00; self-locking pins or bolts in general, stud-and-socket releasable fastenings F16B21/00; dowels or bolts for railroad sleepers E01B9/00; ans means for anchoring structural elements or bulkheads specially adapted to foundation engineering E02D5/74; bolts or dowels used while laying bricks or casting concrete sleepers E04B1/38; setting anchoring bolts in shafts, tunnels or galleries E21D20/00; anchoring bolts for shafts, tunnels or galleries E21D21/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 45/00 Hooks; Eyes if the attaching parts or means are concerned, groups F16B13/00, F16B15/00, F16B19/00, F16B25/00, F16B35/00, F16B47/00 take precedence; for hanging pictures or the like A47G1/16; towing hooks for ships B63B21/58; for hoisting or hauling purposes B66C; hooks or eyes with integral parts designed to facilitate quick attachment to cables or ropes at any point F16G11/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

Mobile data processing Systems (MSs) interact with systems in their vicinity, and with each other, in communications and interoperability. Information transmitted inbound to, transmitted outbound from, is in process at, or is application modified at a mobile data processing system triggers processing of actions in accordance with user configurations, for example to present content to a user.

Claims

1. A beaconing data processing system, comprising:

one or more processors;

a Bluetooth communications interface; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors access the memory and control operations of the beaconing data processing system, the operations comprising;

periodically beaconing outbound a broadcast unidirectional wireless data record communicated through the Bluetooth communications interface to serve as a physical location reference contributing to physical location determination processing of one or more user carried mobile data processing systems in a Bluetooth wave spectrum range vicinity of the beaconing data processing system, the beaconing data processing system;

not soliciting an inbound communication to the beaconing data processing system from the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems in response to a receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, and

not configured to process inbound communications resulting from the receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record communicated through the Bluetooth communications interface to serve as the physical location reference including;

no physical location coordinates of the beaconing data processing system,

a data field containing a signal strength of the beaconing data processing system, and

application identifier data stored in the memory.

2. The beaconing data processing system of claim 1 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured location based condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems.

3. The beaconing data processing system of claim 1 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured arrival or departure condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems.

4. The beaconing data processing system of claim 1 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, the configured condition causing control of at least one of:

an electrical appliance, a mechanical appliance, an electrical device, or a mechanical device.

5. The beaconing data processing system of claim 1 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, the configured condition causing a sorted data result.

6. The beaconing data processing system of claim 1 wherein the beaconing data processing system is a mobile data processing system.

7. The beaconing data processing system of claim 1 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, the configured condition causing content delivery of at least one of:

news, traffic, real estate, a job opportunity, a religious interest, a stock interest, a menu, a coupon, a product, a service, a boarding pass, a transaction, an inventory, a customer account, a retail establishment, a restaurant, a product store, a retail store, a grocery store, an electrical appliance, a mechanical appliance, an electrical device, a mechanical device, public transportation, or a parking lot.

8. A method in a beaconing data processing system, the method comprising:

one or more processors periodically beaconing outbound a broadcast unidirectional wireless data record communicated through a Bluetooth communications interface of the beaconing data processing system to serve as a physical location reference contributing to physical location determination processing of one or more user carried mobile data processing systems in a Bluetooth wave spectrum range vicinity of the beaconing data processing system, the beaconing data processing system;

not soliciting an inbound communication to the beaconing data processing system from the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems in response to a receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, and

not configured to process inbound communications resulting from the receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record communicated through the Bluetooth communications interface to serve as the physical location reference including;

no physical location coordinates of the beaconing data processing system,

a data field containing a signal strength of the beaconing data processing system, and

application identifier data stored in a memory of the beaconing data processing system.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured location based condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured arrival or departure condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, the configured condition causing control of at least one of:

an electrical appliance, a mechanical appliance, an electrical device, or a mechanical device.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, the configured condition causing a sorted data result.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein the beaconing data processing system is a mobile data processing system.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing executable instructions, that when executed, controls one or more processors, based on the instructions, to perform operations comprising:

periodically beaconing outbound a broadcast unidirectional wireless data record communicated through a Bluetooth communications interface of a beaconing data processing system to serve as a physical location reference contributing to physical location determination processing of one or more user carried mobile data processing systems in a Bluetooth wave spectrum range vicinity of the beaconing data processing system, the beaconing data processing system;

not soliciting an inbound communication to the beaconing data processing system from the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems in response to a receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, and

not configured to process inbound communications resulting from the receipt of the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, the broadcast unidirectional wireless data record communicated through the Bluetooth communications interface to serve as the physical location reference including;

no physical location coordinates of the beaconing data processing system,

a data field containing a signal strength of the beaconing data processing system, and

application identifier data stored in a memory of the beaconing data processing system.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured location based condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured arrival or departure condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, the configured condition causing control of at least one of:

an electrical appliance, a mechanical appliance, an electrical device, or a mechanical device.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the application identifier data stored in the memory is configured in the beaconing data processing system to match a configured condition in the one or more user carried mobile data processing systems, the configured condition causing a sorted data result.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the beaconing data processing system is a mobile data processing system.