Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Status monitoring of unconnected wireless broadcast devices
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Application No.: US14817942Application Date: 2015-08-04
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Publication No.: US10034228B2Publication Date: 2018-07-24
- Inventor: Marc Wallace , Christopher Sexton , David Helms , David Young , Aaron Kromer
- Applicant: Radius Networks Inc.
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: RADIUS NETWORKS, INC.
- Current Assignee: RADIUS NETWORKS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agency: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP
- Main IPC: H04W48/16
- IPC: H04W48/16 ; H04W4/80 ; H04L12/26 ; H04W48/14

Abstract:
The system and method of the present disclosure relates to technology for monitoring a broadcast device that is non-network connected. A wireless device monitors for a broadcast message transmitted wirelessly by the broadcast device. Upon discovery of the broadcast message, the wireless device transmits information from the broadcast message to a remotely located sever via a network. The server stores the broadcast information and determines the status (e.g., online or offline) of the broadcast device. The status is determined based on the detection time (e.g., the last seen time of the broadcast device by the wireless device) and an offline threshold value (e.g., a predetermined time period) that is compared to the current time or time upon which the server received the broadcast information. As a result of the comparison, the server determines whether the broadcast device is online or offline.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170041360A1 STATUS MONITORING OF UNCONNECTED WIRELESS BROADCAST DEVICES Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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