Location-based systems and methods for initiating wireless device action

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025068387-A1
Application number	US-202418947513-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 14, 2024
Priority date	Mar 16, 2022
Publication date	Feb 27, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods for initiating an action based on location of a first device are provided. The first device, such as an earbud, includes a Bluetooth receiver. The Bluetooth receiver is configured to receive a wave signal transmitted by a second device, such as a smartphone. The first device further includes a processor. The processor is configured to calculate a location of the first device relative to the second device based on the wave signal. The processor is further configured to determine a zone status of the first device based on the location of the first device relative to the second device and a predetermined zone. The processor is further configured to initiate the action based on the zone status.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
calculating a location of a first device relative to a second device based on a wave signal transmitted between the first device and the second device; determining a zone status of the first device based on the location of the first device relative to the second device and a predetermined zone; and initiating a Bluetooth Connected Isochronous Stream (CIS) connection between the first device and the second device based on the zone status.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the location of the first device relative to the second device is performed by the first device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device comprises an antenna array.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second device comprises an antenna array.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wave signal is embedded in an advertisement packet, wherein the advertisement packet comprises an advertisement protocol data unit (PDU).

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the predetermined zone is defined by coordinates embedded in the advertisement PDU.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the predetermined zone is further defined by a coordinate format header embedded in the advertisement PDU.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the zone status corresponds to the first device entering the predetermined zone.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the zone status corresponds to the first device leaving the predetermined zone.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating the Bluetooth CIS connection includes exchanging pairing information between the first device and the second device via Asynchronous Connection-Oriented Logical Transport (ACL) communication.

11 . A first device, comprising:
a Bluetooth receiver configured to receive a wave signal transmitted by a second device; and a processor configured to:
calculate a location of the first device relative to the second device based on the wave signal;
determine a zone status of the first device based on the location of the first device relative to the second device and a predetermined zone; and
initiate a Bluetooth Connected Isochronous Stream (CIS) connection between the first device and the second device based on the zone status.

12 . The first device of claim 11 , wherein calculating the location of the first device relative to the second device is performed by the first device.

13 . The first device of claim 11 , wherein the first device comprises an antenna array.

14 . The first device of claim 11 , wherein the second device comprises an antenna array.

15 . The first device of claim 11 , wherein the wave signal is embedded in an advertisement packet, wherein the advertisement packet comprises an advertisement protocol data unit (PDU).

16 . The first device of claim 15 , wherein the predetermined zone is defined by coordinates embedded in the advertisement PDU.

17 . The first device of claim 16 , wherein the predetermined zone is further defined by a coordinate format header embedded in the advertisement PDU.

18 . The first device of claim 11 , wherein the zone status corresponds to the first device entering the predetermined zone.

19 . The first device of claim 11 , wherein the zone status corresponds to the first device leaving the predetermined zone.

20 . The first device of claim 11 , wherein initiating the Bluetooth CIS connection includes exchanging pairing information between the first device and the second device via Asynchronous Connection-Oriented Logical Transport (ACL) communication.

Assignees

• Bose Corp

Inventors

• Abildgren Rasmus
• Bonde Casper

Classifications

• H04W4/021

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title

• H04R3/00

  Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) · CPC title

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• H04W4/80 Primary

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title