H04W 40/244
Using a network of reference devices
Official title: {using a network of reference devices, e.g. beaconing}
H04W40/244 (Using a network of reference devices) appears on 899 US grants and 981 published applications in this corpus.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Beacon deployment for use with location based services (LBS)225US 9,674,684 B12017
- Beacon-implemented system for mobile content management189US 9,629,064 B2BKON Connect, Inc. · 2017
- Network conference management and arbitration via voice-capturing devices159US 10,374,816 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2019
- Beacon deployment for use with location based services (LBS)112US 9,538,332 B12017
- System and method for mobile device usability by locational conditions94US 8,897,741 B22014