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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2018
Aron Surefire, Llc, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Narkis E. Shatz, La Jolla, CA (US);
John C. Bortz, Spokane, WA (US);
ARON SUREFIRE, LLC, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for optical narrowcasting are provided for transmitting various types of content. Optical narrowcasting content indicative of the presence of additional information along with identifying information may be transmitted. The additional information (which may include meaningful amounts of advertising information, media, or any other content) may also be transmitted as optical narrowcasting content. Elements of an optical narrowcasting system may include optical transmitters and optical receivers which can be configured to be operative at distances ranging from, e.g., 400 meters to 1200 meters. Additionally, the elements can be implemented on a miniaturized scale in conjunction with small, user devices such as smartphones. Moreover, optically narrowcast content may be filtered using at least identification data extracted from optical beacons received from optical transmitters such that only optically narrowcast content of interest is presented on a display and/or stored in a persistent storage.