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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
Niantic, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Gordon Paul Jeffery, III, Kirkland, WA (US);
NIANTIC, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A client device associated with a user of a location-based application detects client devices associated with other users which are within proximity of the client device. This detection of other client devices may result in various application actions occurring, such as triggering a multi-user activity between users. Detection of client devices may be performed using personal area network devices of the client devices, such as Bluetooth. Proximity detection can occur when client devices are disconnected from an online system hosting the location-based application with the detection later being reported to the online system by one or both devices.