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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2019
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Hans-Jurgen Greiner, Desert Hills, AZ (US);
Mallikarj U. Hiremath, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Kevin H. Ringger, Surprise, AZ (US);
Mukund Shankar Simha, Glendale, AZ (US);
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The system may transmit a signal originating from a BLUETOOTH low energy ('BLE') beacon at a merchant location. The signal may include a first identifier associated with the merchant location and a merchant device. A customer device may receive the signal within a predetermined distance of the BLE beacon. The system may receive a transmission sent by the customer device in response to the signal from the BLE beacon. The transmission may include a second identifier associated with the user. The system may identify the user associated with the customer device based on the second identifier. The user may be at the merchant location.