Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secure beacon-based location systems and methods
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Application No.: US15971684Application Date: 2018-05-04
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Publication No.: US10582385B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: John A. South , Michael Schiller
- Applicant: Patrocinium Systems LLC
- Applicant Address: US VA Reston
- Assignee: PATROCINIUM SYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee: PATROCINIUM SYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Reston
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: H04W12/06
- IPC: H04W12/06 ; H04W4/029 ; H04W4/90 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W12/12 ; H04W12/00

Abstract:
A method for secure, beacon-based emergency location is disclosed. The method includes detecting, with an app instance executing on a user device, a signal from a beacon disposed in a geographical location physically proximate to the user device, and transmitting in response to the detecting app instance verification information to the beacon. Further, the method includes receiving, with the app instance executing on the user device, beacon verification information from the beacon, the beacon verification information being based at least partially on the app instance verification information, and transmitting the beacon verification information to an emergency information server. The method also includes authenticating, with the emergency information server, the beacon verification information to verify that the user device is physically proximate to the beacon and, if the beacon verification information is authentic, determining the geographical location of the user device based on the geographical location of the beacon.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190110197A1 SECURE BEACON-BASED LOCATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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