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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:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Todd Christopher Mason, Danville, CA (US);
Richard William Mincher, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/322 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are techniques for determining proximity data indicative of the presence, absence, location, position, or orientation of one or more users relative to one or more devices. Based on the proximity data, a corresponding function may be determined, such as initiating or receiving of a communication with another device, ceasing an existing communication, performing a maintenance function, or entering a lower power state.