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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
William Anthony Gage, Stittsville, CA;
Biswaroop Mukherjee, Stittsville, CA;
Robert Novak, Stittsville, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02);
Abstract
A first wireless device determines whether the first wireless device is in a specified proximity to a second wireless device based on a signal wirelessly transmitted by the second wireless device. Based on information transmitted by the second wireless device, it is determined whether the first wireless device shares a common interest with the second wireless device.