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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2019
Nexrf Corp., Reno, NV (US);
Michael Anthony Kerr, Reno, NV (US);
NEXRF CORP., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method for communicating Bluetooth keys is described. The system and method utilize a gateway apparatus that is communicates coupled to a cloud component over a first network channel, and communicates a gateway key over a local wireless Bluetooth channel. The gateway includes a processor, a memory, a fixed location, and a local broadcast range associated with an area surrounding the fixed location. The cloud component registers the gateway and a mobile wireless device having a processor and memory. When the mobile wireless device is within the local broadcast range of the gateway, the mobile wireless receives the gateway key over the local wireless channel. Upon receiving the gateway key, the mobile wireless device communicates a device key over the local wireless channel to the gateway. The gateway then communicates the received device key along the first network channel to the cloud component, and the mobile wireless device communicates the received gateway key over a second network channel to the cloud component. The cloud component then records the received gateway key with an associated receipt time and the received device key with an associated receipt time in a database.