Tracking randomized addresses in bluetooth devices

A processing system that resolves Bluetooth device identity regardless of changes in Unique Identity ADDresses (UIADDs), the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein
• based on instructions in the memory, the processor:
• establishes a set of recognized Bluetooth devices based on a first set of data received from one or more Bluetooth access points for a first time period, the first set of data including both a UIADD and related information for each of at least one Bluetooth device;
• receives a second set of data from the one or more Bluetooth access points, the second set of data including both a UIADD and related information for each of at least one Bluetooth device, the second set of data being measured during a second time period subsequent to the first time period;
• and
• in an instance in which a particular UIADD from the second set of data is not found in the first set of data, determines whether a candidate Bluetooth device that transmitted the particular UIADD is a specific recognized Bluetooth device of the set of recognized Bluetooth devices based on the related information of the candidate Bluetooth device and the first set of data and is based on both at least one heuristic rule and at least one probability parameter between the candidate Bluetooth device with the specific recognized Bluetooth device.

A computer program product for resolving Bluetooth device identity regardless of changes Unique Identity ADDresses (UIADDs), comprising:

• a non-transient computer-readable storage memory containing a plurality of instructions such that, when operated upon by a processing system that includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, causes the processor to:
• establish a set of recognized Bluetooth devices based on a first set of data received from one or more Bluetooth access points for a first time period, the first set of data including both a UIADD and related information for each of at least one Bluetooth device;
• receive a second set of data from the one or more Bluetooth access points, the second set of data including both a UIADD and related information for each of at least one Bluetooth device, the second set of data being measured during a second time period subsequent to the first time period;
• and
• in an instance in which a particular UIADD from the second set of data is not found in the first set of data, determine whether a candidate Bluetooth device that transmitted the particular UIADD is a specific recognized Bluetooth device of the set of recognized Bluetooth devices based on the related information of the candidate Bluetooth device and the first set of data and is based on both at least one heuristic rule and at least one probability parameter between the candidate Bluetooth device with the specific recognized Bluetooth device.