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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2016
Applicant:

Cohda Wireless Pty Ltd, North Adelaide OT, AU;

Inventors:

Paul D Alexander, North Adelaide, AU;

Paul K Gray, North Adelaide, AU;

Steve Statler, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cohda Wireless, Wayville, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); H04W 4/23 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/23 (2018.02); G06Q 30/0235 (2013.01);
Abstract

A virtual beacon system that provides proximity alerts is described. The proximity alerts are based on the location of a mobile device () and a location of interest. The method may include the steps of providing sensor readings for signals, calculating a mobile device location, determining the distance between a mobile device and a product location () and generating a proximity trigger (). A described virtual beacon system includes a monitoring access point () for providing sensor readings and transmitting proximity triggers, a location cloud service () for calculating a mobile device () location and proximity alert service () for generating proximity triggers based on the mobile device location.


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