Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Viewer identification based on wireless device proximity
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Application No.: US15061441Application Date: 2016-03-04
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Publication No.: US10341724B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Charles Hardt , Dmitry Barablin , Scott Stilwell
- Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Suwanee
- Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
- Current Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Suwanee
- Agent Bart A. Perkins
- Main IPC: H04N21/81
- IPC: H04N21/81 ; H04N21/442 ; H04W64/00 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate an identification of a viewer based upon the proximity of an associated wireless device to an access point. An association between a wireless device, user, display device, and a position of the wireless device relative to an access point may be created and stored at the access point. The access point may monitor the position of the wireless device, wherein the position is based on the strength of a signal received from the wireless device at one or more receivers. When the access point determines that a position of the wireless device is associated with a display device, the access point may identify the user of the wireless device as a potential viewer of the display device. Targeted advertisements and set-top box functionality may be configured based on the identification of a viewer of the display device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170257670A1 VIEWER IDENTIFICATION BASED ON WIRELESS DEVICE PROXIMITY Public/Granted day:2017-09-07
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