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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael R. Billau, Durham, NC (US);
John K. Gerken, III, Apex, NC (US);
Jeremy A. Greenberger, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ciaran E. Hannigan, Morrisville, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract
Determining a beacon interval in which a device, located within a venue having a plurality of predefined zones, sends a beacon to a system for tracking the location of the device within the venue. Each of the predefined zones has a zone-specific beacon interval which is updated.