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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Ebay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joshua Bleecher Snyder, San Francisco, CA (US);
Max Edward Metral, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
EBAY INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed which may allow a user having a mobile device to check in to a location using a packet sequence that includes information for identifying the location transmitted by one or more Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) beacons at or near the location. The user may be able to store packet sequences for various locations that may allow the user to automatically check into these locations using the store packet sequences.