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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:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Waldeck Technology, Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Kunal Kandekar, Jersey City, NJ (US);

Kenneth Jennings, Raleigh, NC (US);

Christopher M. Amidon, Apex, NC (US);

Juan A. Pons, Pittsboro, NC (US);

Assignee:

Waldeck Technology, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0269 (2013.01); H04L 12/5855 (2013.01); H04L 51/14 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04L 12/185 (2013.01); H04L 12/5895 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for forming crowds of users based on wireless contexts of corresponding mobile devices of the users. In general, wireless contexts of mobile devices of a number of users are obtained. For each mobile device, the wireless context of the mobile device includes a wireless Personal Area Network (PAN) context of the mobile device, a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) context of the mobile device, or both. The wireless contexts of the mobile devices of the users are then utilized to form crowds of users. More specifically, in one embodiment, users of mobile devices having sufficiently similar wireless contexts are determined to be in the same crowd of users.


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