Aruba Networks, Inc.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Kiyo Kubo

Ben Dunsbergen

Nicholas L Farina

Cameron Esdaile

Varun Shah

Nick Farina

Described herein are systems, methods and computer program products for controlling operation of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices, such as wireless beacons. Multiple BLE devices may be controlled centrally or may work together in a cooperative fashion such that signals can be exchanged between or repeated by BLE devices in order to allow for signals received at one BLE device to reach another BLE device without requiring further central interaction. Power settings of BLE devices may be altered to change power consumption or to change a detectable range of the BLE devices.

Architecture of managing beacons using access points

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprises instructions which cause performance of receiving a request from a user for directions to a destination, determining, based on historical user data, a commercial interest of the user, selecting a route based at least on a location related to the commercial interest being on the route, and directing the user to the destination according to the route.

Selection of a route based on prior user behavior or commercial interests

The invention includes a computerized method for providing a location based service, the method comprising reporting a location of at least one user client device to a location based service program, querying a database of location based applications of the location based service program to identify one or more location based applications associated with the location of the at least one user client device, and launching at least one of the one or more location based applications on the user client device so as to offer a user experience for the location of the user client device.

Location based computerized system and method thereof

Described herein are systems, methods and computer program products for controlling operation of wireless beacons, such as Bluetooth Low Energy beacons. Multiple beacons may be controlled centrally or may work together in a cooperative fashion such that signals can be exchanged between or repeated by beacons in order to allow for signals received at one beacon to reach another beacon without requiring further central interaction. Power settings of beacons may be altered to change power consumption or to change a detectable range of the beacons.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed on one or more processors, cause performance of operations. The operations include: receiving a first message from a device; determining, in response to the first message, a media access control (MAC) address of the device; and transmitting, in response to the first message, a second message comprising the MAC address to the device.

Obtaining a MAC address from an external source

Described herein are systems, methods and computer program products for controlling operation of wireless beacons, such as Bluetooth Low Energy beacons. Multiple beacons may be controlled centrally or may work together in a cooperative fashion such that related advertisement signals are transmitted by each beacon in a cooperative fashion to allow, for example, long-term indoor tracking of mobile devices in standby, locked, or sleep modes or with applications in background or non-execution states.

Method and system for tracking devices

A computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause performance of operations comprising: successfully establishing a Bluetooth connection between a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device and another device, receiving, by the BLE device from the other device, a request for a change in a configuration, determining, by the BLE device, if the BLE device is in a configuration-changes-enabled state, responsive to determining that the BLE device is in a configuration-changes-enabled state, changing the configuration based on the request, and responsive to determining that the BLE device is not in a configuration-changes-enabled state, refraining from changing the configuration.

Access control in bluetooth&#xae; low energy devices

Periodic high power beacon broadcasts

Location detection of a mobile device is achieved by initiating an API call at an application program. The API call directs an operating system of the mobile device to initiate a scan of wireless access points within wireless communication range of the mobile device. The scanning performed by the mobile device is detected by the network via one or more of the wireless access points. A location of the mobile device is estimated by the network based on detection of the mobile device via the one or more wireless access points. Location-based services are provided to the mobile device by the network based on the estimated location of the mobile device. The location-based services may be transmitted to the mobile device via a different wireless access point and/or wireless communication protocol than used during scanning and/or detection of the mobile device.

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Oakland, CA, United States of America

Kiyo Kubo