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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:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth William Shirriff, Redwood City, CA (US);

Damian Gajda, San Jose, CA (US);

Chandrasekhar Thota, Saratoga, CA (US);

Matthew Joelson Secor, Pal Alto, CA (US);

Prasad Haridass, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); H04W 52/0254 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for adaptively scanning for one or more beacon devices based at least in part on user activity are provided. More particularly, a user device can scan for one or more beacon devices at a first scan rate. The user device can detect a trigger event based at least in part on data indicative of an activity level, such as data indicative of a status of a display, data determined from one or more motion sensors, a number of beacon devices detected by the mobile device during a time period, data indicative of prior interactions with beacon device information, or data indicative of a charging status of a battery associated with the mobile device. The trigger event can signify a change in an activity level associated with the user device. Responsive to the trigger event, the user device can adjust the scan rate from the first scan rate to a second scan rate.


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