Systems and methods for checking a user into a location using a packet sequence including location information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9356819-B2
Application number	US-201314039154-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2013
Priority date	Sep 27, 2013
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a non-transitory memory;
one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a timed sequence of packets, the timed sequence of packets having been transmitted by a beacon using a Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) protocol;
matching the timed sequence of packets to a location, wherein the matching is based at least in part on times between receiving consecutive packets in the timed sequence of packets, the times between receiving consecutive packets being unique to the location; and
checking a user into the matching location.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the packets in the timed sequence of packets has a size of 32 bits or less.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the packets in the timed sequence of packets comprises instructions for execution by the one or more hardware processors.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions for checking the user into the matching location.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein matching the timed sequence of packets to the location comprises matching the timed sequence of packets to a second timed sequence of packets stored in the memory.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein checking the user into the matching location comprises transmitting, to a client computing device, an identity of the matching location.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein checking the user into the matching location comprises transmitting, to a client computing device, a third timed sequence of packets.

8. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more hardware processors, a timed sequence of packets, the timed sequence of packets having been transmitted by a beacon using a Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) protocol;
matching the timed sequence of packets to a location, wherein the matching is based at least in part on times between receiving consecutive packets in the timed sequence of packets, the times between receiving consecutive packets being unique to the location; and
checking a user into the matching location.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein each of the packets in the timed sequence of packets has a size of 32 bits or less.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein each of the packets in the timed sequence of packets comprises instructions for execution by the one or more hardware processors.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions for checking the user into the matching location.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the timed sequence of packets is received along with a check in request.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein checking the user into the matching location comprises transmitting, to a client computing device, a third timed sequence of packets.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving a timed sequence of packets, the timed sequence of packets having been transmitted by a beacon using a Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) protocol;
matching the timed sequence of packets to a location, wherein the matching is based at least in part on times between receiving consecutive packets in the timed sequence of packets, the times between receiving consecutive packets being unique to the location; and
checking a user into the matching location.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein each of the packets in the timed sequence of packets has a size of 32 bits or less.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein each of the packets in the timed sequence of packets comprises instructions for execution by one or more processors of a client computing device.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions for checking the user into the matching location.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the timed sequence of packets is received along with a check in request.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein checking the user into the matching location comprises transmitting, to a client computing device, a third timed sequence of packets.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein checking the user into the matching location comprises transmitting, to a client computing device, an identity of the matching location.

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Bleecher Snyder Joshua
• Metral Max Edward

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0261 Primary

  based on user location · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• H04W4/80

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

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title