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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2023
Applicant:

Enk Wireless, Inc., Cary, NC (US);

Inventors:

Peter D. Karabinis, Cary, NC (US);

Dimitrios P. Karabinis, Edmonds, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/18 (2022.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04W 40/32 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04L 69/18 (2013.01); H04W 40/32 (2013.01); H04J 2211/005 (2013.01); H04J 2211/006 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/047 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems/methods are disclosed whereby a device is configured to provide a first wireless service by using one or more auxiliary devices that is/are proximate thereto and is/are associated with unique identities known to the device. Also, a second wireless service is provided by the device by using one or more other auxiliary devices that is/are proximate thereto but is/are not associated with any specific unique identities known to the device. According to some embodiments, the first wireless service is based upon a Bluetooth protocol and an Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) Protocol, the second wireless service is based upon a Bluetooth Protocol and the device comprises a smartphone.


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