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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2015
Applicant:

Radius Networks Inc., Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

Marc Wallace, Arlington, VA (US);

Christopher Sexton, McLean, VA (US);

David Helms, Arlington, VA (US);

David Young, Washington, DC (US);

Aaron Kromer, Silver Spring, MD (US);

Assignee:

RADIUS NETWORKS, INC., Washington, DC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 48/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

The system and method of the present disclosure relates to technology for monitoring a broadcast device that is non-network connected. A wireless device monitors for a broadcast message transmitted wirelessly by the broadcast device. Upon discovery of the broadcast message, the wireless device transmits information from the broadcast message to a remotely located sever via a network. The server stores the broadcast information and determines the status (e.g., online or offline) of the broadcast device. The status is determined based on the detection time (e.g., the last seen time of the broadcast device by the wireless device) and an offline threshold value (e.g., a predetermined time period) that is compared to the current time or time upon which the server received the broadcast information. As a result of the comparison, the server determines whether the broadcast device is online or offline.


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