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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:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sean Whitsell, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Cullen Jennings, Calgary, CA;
Andrew Biggs, Thornton, CO (US);
Patrick Linskey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1483 (2013.01); H04L 63/0838 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a beacon signal is received from a beacon device. Either a mobile device or a server identifies a beacon authentication value from the beacon signal. Either the mobile device or the server calculates a local verification value from a security algorithm. A comparison of the authentication value to the local verification value is performed, and a location service is provided based on the comparison.