IP Library Granted Patent US 10,390,186
Granted Patent B2
US 10,390,186 · App. 15/894,103 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Beacon content propagation

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Patent No.
US 10,390,186
App. No.
15/894,103
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (31)

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:

accessing a beacon message, the beacon message having been received from within a first transmission range of a first beacon at a first known location; and

responsive to a determination that the mobile device is within a second transmission range of a second beacon at a second known location and outside the first transmission range, transmitting the beacon message to the second beacon based on information in the beacon message.

2. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving the beacon message during a sleep mode of the mobile device; and

storing the beacon message.

3. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the information in the beacon message comprises a distance.

4. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the information in the beacon message comprises a type of beacon message.

5. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise performing an action based on the information in the beacon message.

6. The mobile device of claim 5 , wherein the action includes displaying a message to a user of the mobile device based on the information in the beacon message.

7. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving an update to the beacon message.

8. A method comprising:

storing, by a mobile device, a beacon message, the stored beacon message having been received by the mobile device from within a first transmission range of a first beacon at a first known location; and

responsive to a determination by the mobile device that the mobile device is within a second transmission range of a second beacon at a second known location and outside the first transmission range, transmitting the stored beacon message based on information in the stored beacon message.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving, by the mobile device, the beacon message during a sleep mode of the mobile device prior to the storing.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising displaying a message to a user of the mobile device in response to the received beacon message.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first beacon, the second beacon, or both comprise a Bluetooth low energy beacon.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first known location is a first fixed location, and wherein the second known location is a second fixed location.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving an update to the stored beacon message.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying a message to a user of the mobile device based on the stored beacon message.

15. The method of claim 8 , wherein the transmitting is to the second beacon that causes the second beacon to broadcast the stored beacon message within the second transmission range.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

accessing a stored beacon message, the stored beacon message having been received by a mobile device from within a first transmission range of a first beacon at a first known location;

determining that the mobile device is within a second transmission range of a second beacon at a second known location and outside the first transmission range; and

in response to the determining and based on information in the stored beacon message, transmitting the stored beacon message.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the first known location is a fixed location.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the information in the stored beacon message is set by a merchant associated with the first known location.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the transmitting is to the second beacon that causes the second beacon to broadcast the stored beacon message within the second transmission range.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the stored beacon message was received by the mobile device from a third beacon at a third known location prior to the mobile device coming within the first transmission range of the first beacon.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2019
From: SCHULZ, EGAN; SERRANO, MICHELLE; SU, LIBO
To: EBAY INC.
Reel/Frame 049429/0250 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2019
From: EBAY INC.
To: PAYPAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 049429/0307 →