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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.:

US 10038475 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2017

Proximity boundary based communication using radio frequency (rf) communication standards

Applicant:

Freelinc Technologies Inc., Orem, UT (US);

Inventors:

Douglas Howard Dobyns, Lindon, UT (US);

Michael Scott Abrams, Sherborn, MA (US);

Assignee:

FREELINC TECHNOLOGIES INC., Orem, UT (US);

Attorney:

Thorpe North & Western

Primary Examiner:

Tan H Trinh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/0031 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40 (2013.01); H04B 5/0075 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/026 (2013.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.02); H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Technology is described for proximity based communications. A proximity boundary can be defined with dimensions defined by a communication range of one of a first Short Range Communication (SRC) device and a second SRC device. The first SRC device and the second SRC device can be configured to communicate using near field magnetic induction (NFMI). A proximity signal can be communicated in the proximity boundary between the first SRC device and the second SRC device. A security permission can be provided to enable selected data to be communicated from one or more of the first SRC device or the second SRC device in the proximity boundary when the proximity signal is detected between the first SRC device and the second SRC device. The selected data can be communicated from one or more of the first SRC device or the second SRC device using a radio frequency (RF) communication standard.

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