IP Library Granted Patent US 9,756,480
Granted Patent B1
US 9,756,480 · App. 15/059,058 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Predictive analytics utilizing proximity determination

Inventors: Brian Handly (Raleigh, NC); Jared Dean (Raleigh, NC); Matthew Davis (Raleigh, NC)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,756,480
App. No.
15/059,058
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present invention is a method and system of locating mobile devices and building a database of the mobile device locations through the interaction of mobile devices with one or more proximity activation systems. The method and system uses beacon proximity activity to refine the location of a beacon and the relative position of one or more mobile devices to the beacon through a multiple activation point distance calculation. As mobile devices come within a pre-determined proximity to a beacon, applications installed on the mobile devices supply a location and identity of the mobile device at the time of activation. The system and method uses numerous activations to refine and report the physical location of the beacon.

Claims (33)

1. A method of communication delivery to mobile devices, comprising:

capturing a plurality of mobile device activations by a proximity activation system;

determining location of the proximity activation system activated by a pre-determined number of mobile device activations;

associating the proximity activation system location with a physical address or location;

associating one or more device-specific, application and server created personas through an analysis of collected metrics with each mobile device that activated the proximity activation system;

utilizing location determination in combination with collected metrics to create predictive recommendations; and

delivering communications targeted to one or more device-specific, application and server created personas associated with each mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising refining the proximity activation system location by determining the mobile device activation having the highest rank and associating the proximity activation system with the geographic location of said mobile device activation.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the creation of one or more personas to be installed on the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 3 , where each persona may be associated with any one of age range, profession, gender, shopping characteristic, store preference, political affiliation, home location, and work location.

5. The method of claim 3 , where a mobile device has a plurality of installed personas.

6. The method of claim 1 , where a persona may be updated based upon the analysis of collected metrics for a particular mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 , where the location of a physical address includes the location of a physical address for each proximity activation system a mobile device activates within a pre-determined period of time.

8. The method of claim 7 , where the location of physical addresses are analyzed to track the mobile device and create a tracking path for the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising analyzing the tracking path to predict a next proximity activation system that will be in range of the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising transmitting the physical location of the predicted next proximity activation system to the mobile device.

11. A system of communication delivery to mobile devices, comprising:

a server having a processor in wireless communication with a plurality of mobile devices;

capturing a plurality of mobile device activations by a proximity activation system;

the server determining location of the proximity activation system activated by a pre-determined number of mobile device activations;

associating the proximity activation system location with a physical address or location;

associating one or more device-specific, application and server created personas through an analysis of collected metrics with each mobile device that activated the proximity activation system;

utilizing location determination in combination with collected metrics in creating predictive recommendations; and

delivering communications from the server to the plurality of mobile devices targeted to one or more device-specific, application and server created personas associated with each mobile device.

12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising refining the proximity activation system location by determining the mobile device activation having the highest rank and associating the proximity activation system with the geographic location of said mobile device activation.

13. The system of claim 11 , further comprising the creation of one or more personas to be installed on the mobile device.

14. The system of claim 13 , where each persona may be associated with any one of age range, profession, gender, shopping characteristic, store preference, political affiliation, home location, and work location.

15. The system of claim 13 , where a mobile device has a plurality of installed personas.

16. The system of claim 11 , where a persona may be updated based upon the analysis of collected metrics for a particular mobile device.

17. The system of claim 11 , where the location of a physical address includes the location of a physical address for each proximity activation system a mobile device activates within a pre-determined period of time.

18. The system of claim 17 , where the location of physical addresses are analyzed to track the mobile device and create a tracking path for the mobile device.

19. The system of claim 18 , further comprising analyzing the tracking path to predict a next proximity activation system that will be in range of the mobile device.

20. The system of claim 19 , further comprising transmitting the physical location of the predicted next proximity activation system to the mobile device.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2022
From: REVEAL MOBILE, INC.
To: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK
Reel/Frame 062246/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2019
From: HANDLY, BRIAN; DAVIS, MATTHEW
To: REVEAL MOBILE
Reel/Frame 050779/0662 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2019
From: DEAN, JARED
To: REVEAL MOBILE
Reel/Frame 050779/0832 →