Capturing user intent when interacting with multiple access controls

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10791444-B2
Application number	US-201515528896-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2015
Priority date	Dec 2, 2014
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

A method of advertisement filtering including receiving Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) advertisements from a multiple of access controls; filtering the received Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) advertisements based on a credential on the mobile device; comparing the filtered received Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) advertisements; and determining a user intent to access a particular access control in response to the comparing.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method of Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) advertisement filtering to determine a particular access control, comprising:
receiving Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) advertisements from each of a multiple of access controls on a mobile device;
filtering the Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) received advertisements based on a credential on the mobile device;
comparing the filtered received Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) advertisements;
sorting the filtered received Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) advertisements based on a RSSI (received signal strength indicator);
determining a user intent to open the particular access control in response to the comparing and the sorting while the particular access control is within range of the mobile device; and
opening the particular access control in response to the user intent.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising sorting the filtered received Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) advertisements based on a locationing system separate from the advertisement where the precise location and distance relative to the access control is known.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising sorting the filtered received Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) advertisements based on a direction of the mobile device.

4. The method as recited in 3 , further comprising determining the direction by a compass on the mobile device.

5. The method as recited in claim 3 , further comprising determining the direction via triangulation with dual Bluetooth antennas on the mobile device.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising presenting the filtered received Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) advertisements as a list on the mobile device for selection by the user.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 , further comprising permitting scrolling of the list and selecting from the list based on gesturing with the mobile device.

8. The method as recited in claim 6 , further comprising permitting filtering of the received Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) advertisements by the altitude of the mobile device.

9. The method as recited in claim 6 , further comprising sorting the list based on one or more categories.

10. The method as recited in claim 6 , further comprising sorting the list based on a prior selection.

11. The method as recited in claim 6 , further comprising sorting the list based on the last access control opened.

12. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a secondary interface to provide additional information to the mobile device wherein the additional information includes information from a NFC (Near Field Communication) tag.

13. The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the NFC (Near Field Communication) tag is associated with each of the multiple of access controls.

14. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein further comprising a secondary interface to provide additional information to the mobile device, the additional information includes information from a barcode or QR code associated with each of the multiple of access controls.

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Kuenzi Adam
• Lang Michael

Classifications

• G07C9/00571

  operated by interacting with a central unit · CPC title

• H04W4/025 Primary

  using location based information parameters · CPC title

• G07C9/00896

  specially adapted for particular uses · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• G07C2009/00769

  with data transmission performed by wireless means · CPC title