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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2024
Ubiety Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Augusto Savaris, Chicago, IL (US);
Joseph Loftus, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael B. Cox, Chicago, IL (US);
Keith Puckett, Chicago, IL (US);
Ubiety Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods are disclosed to identify and/or count a number of electronic devices present in an area using emitted passive Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals. The identification and/or counting of Bluetooth-enabled devices improves private and public security in determining human presence. Bluetooth-enabled devices passively emit BLE signals for inter-device communication in the form of Bluetooth Advertising Packets. The packets are sent by BLE-enabled devices to search for other known or compatible BLE devices, and advertise information such as media access control (MAC) addresses, device manufacturers, connection capabilities, and manufacturer-specific data. By passively listening to and decoding the observed BLE signals, access to the packets and the metadata they contain is gained. The disclosed methods can include use of other wireless data transfer protocols, such as Bluetooth and Cellular.