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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2021
Catalina Marketing Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Angus Berry, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
James B. Clack, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Catalina Marketing Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods associated with media hub devices are provided that passively monitor user devices and transmit targeted media through in-channel transmissions that use the same channel used to monitor the user devices, or shifted channel transmissions that are different than the channel used to monitor the user devices. For example, a media hub device may passively monitor customer devices by scanning a wireless communication channel and obtaining device identification information transmitted by a user device that communicates the device identification information via the wireless communication channel. A media hub device may link the user device with a particular user or may anonymously monitor user behavior, through the monitored user device, without explicit knowledge of the identity of the user. Targeted media may be provided to the user device either in-channel using the same channel used to passively monitor the user device or a shifted channel using a different channel.