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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:
Apr. 30, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin Vigier, San Francisco, CA (US);

Corey G. Fugman, Saratoga, CA (US);

Filip Krsmanovic, Moutain View, CA (US);

Mathieu Roig, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yingfeng Su, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/10 (2009.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/10 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 40/244 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques and systems for prioritizing beacon messages are disclosed. Such a technique can include receiving, at a mobile device, beacon messages from multiple beacon devices over short-range communication links, the beacon devices being within a vicinity of an establishment, the beacon messages being configured to provide content associated with the establishment; determining, at the mobile device, priorities of the beacon messages based on one or more criteria; selecting, at the mobile device, a beacon message of the beacon messages based on the priorities to produce a selected beacon message; and presenting the selected beacon message through the mobile device.


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