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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2014
Broadsoft, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Gregory Eugene Pounds, San Jose, CA (US);
Victor Yordanov Mutsev, Sofia, BG;
Parag Talekar, San Jose, CA (US);
BROADSOFT, INC., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing Bluetooth beacon identification information to obtain and publish fine grained user location information. One method includes storing a plurality of Bluetooth beacon identifiers in a mobile device. The method further includes, receiving, from a Bluetooth beacon, a Bluetooth beacon identifier. The method further includes determining whether the received Bluetooth beacon identifier corresponds to one of the stored Bluetooth beacon identifiers. In response to determining that the received Bluetooth beacon identifier corresponds to one of the stored Bluetooth beacon identifiers, the method includes querying a Bluetooth beacon location server for location information corresponding to the Bluetooth beacon identifier. The method further includes receiving Bluetooth beacon location information from the server and publishing the Bluetooth beacon location description to subscribers of a user of the mobile device.