Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ability to trigger beacon receiver devices in a short-range wireless beacon communication system
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Application No.: US16473034Application Date: 2017-12-22
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Publication No.: US10681520B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Joachim Samuelsson , Kristian Sylwander
- Applicant: Crunchfish Proximity AB
- Applicant Address: SE Malmö
- Assignee: CRUNCHFISH PROXIMITY AB
- Current Assignee: CRUNCHFISH PROXIMITY AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Malmö
- Agency: Burr & Forman, LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@143be97d
- International Application: PCT/SE2017/051348 WO 20171222
- International Announcement: WO2018/117958 WO 20180628
- Main IPC: H04B7/00
- IPC: H04B7/00 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W4/06 ; G01S1/02 ; H04W84/18 ; H04W76/11 ; H04W12/06

Abstract:
A beacon communication system for improving the ability to trigger beacon receiver devices is disclosed. The beacon communication system (100; 100′; 100″) comprises a short-range wireless beacon transmitter device (110; A1; BTD) and a short-range wireless beacon receiver device (120; P1; MD1). The short-range wireless beacon transmitter device (110; A1; BTD) is configured to repeatedly transmit a short-range wireless beacon advertisement signal (112; BA) on a first beacon broadcast channel (114), the first beacon broadcast channel being defined by a predefined unique identity (PUID) included in the short-range wireless beacon advertisement signal, the predefined unique identity remaining fixed between subsequent transmissions of the short-range wireless beacon advertisement signal (112; BA). The short-range wireless beacon transmitter device (110; A1; BTD) is configured to temporarily transmit a short-range wireless beacon trigger signal (116; BT1; BT2) on an alternate beacon broadcast channel (118), the alternate beacon broadcast channel being defined by a dynamically allocated unique identity (DAUID1; DAUID2) included in the short-range wireless beacon trigger signal, the dynamically allocated unique identity being different from the predefined unique identity and being different between subsequent transmissions of the short-range wireless beacon trigger signal (116; BT1; BT2).
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