Beacon content propagation
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for transmitting beacon messages are described. A beacon message is transmitted from a first beacon device and broadcast to an area within a transmission range of the first beacon device. A mobile device receives and stores the message. When the mobile device is out of the range of the first beacon device and within the range of a second beacon device, the message is transmitted to the second beacon device and broadcast by the second beacon device.
1. A mobile device comprising:
a non-transitory memory; and
one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the mobile device to perform operations comprising:
receiving a beacon message from a first stationary beacon at a first location in a store, the first stationary beacon having a first transmission range;
determining that the mobile device is outside the first transmission range of the first stationary beacon and-within a second transmission range of a second stationary beacon at a second location in the store, the second stationary beacon being outside the first transmission range of the first stationary beacon; and
in response to the determining, forwarding the beacon message received from first stationary beacon to the second stationary beacon.
2. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the beacon message comprises a message selected from a group consisting of an advertisement, coupon, and a promotion.
3. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the beacon message comprises a link to a website.
4. The mobile device of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving a selection of the link by a user of the mobile device; and
displaying the website to the user.
5. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the beacon message is received while the mobile device is in sleep mode.
6. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise updating the beacon message.
7. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the forwarding the beacon message to the second stationary beacon causes the second stationary beacon to broadcast the beacon message within the second transmission range.
8. A method comprising:
receiving, by a mobile device, a beacon message from a first stationary beacon at a first location, the first stationary beacon having a first transmission range;
determining, by the mobile device, that the mobile device is outside the first transmission range of the first stationary beacon and within a second transmission range of a second stationary beacon at a second location, the second stationary beacon being outside the first transmission range of the first stationary beacon; and
in response to the determining, forwarding, by the mobile device, the beacon message received from first stationary beacon to the second stationary beacon.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the beacon message comprises a message selected from a group consisting of an advertisement, coupon, and a promotion.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the beacon message comprises a link to a website.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving, by the mobile device, a selection of the link and displaying, by the mobile device, the website to a user.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first stationary beacon, the second stationary beacon, or both, comprise a Bluetooth low energy beacon.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the beacon message is updated.
14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a mobile device to perform operations comprising:
receiving a beacon message from a first stationary beacon at a first location in a store, the first stationary beacon having a first transmission range;
determining that the mobile device is outside the first transmission range of the first stationary beacon and within a second transmission range of a second stationary beacon at a second location in the store, the second stationary beacon being outside the first transmission range of the first stationary beacon; and
in response to the determining, forwarding the beacon message received from first stationary beacon to the second stationary beacon.
15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the beacon message comprises a message selected from a group consisting of an advertisement, coupon, and a promotion.
16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the beacon message comprises a link to a website.
17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the first stationary beacon, the second stationary beacon, or both comprise a Bluetooth low energy beacon.
18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the first transmission range of the first stationary beacon is about 2 inches to about 160 feet.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein information in the beacon message and range of the beacon message are set by a merchant.
20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the forwarding the beacon message to the second stationary beacon causes the second stationary beacon to transmit the beacon message to a second device that is within the second transmission range.