US 11,778,540 B1Granted

BLE networking systems and methods including filtering for selectively collecting and processing advertisement data

AssigneeLink Labs, Inc.

InventorsRyan Zanski, Patrick Li

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Abstract

Provided are systems and methods including a secure sensor filtering capability within an BLE hub device capable of determining its geographic position and also capable of communicating directly with a cloud services application. The hub device periodically performs BLE scanning for advertisements from devices in proximity to the hub device but only collects and processes advertisement data from end nodes that match the filter requirements configured within the hub device while ignoring advertisements from any end nodes not matching the filter requirements configured within the hub device. In addition, digital leash and custody capabilities are provided with respect to the hub device such that improvements in connection with resource utilization (e.g. power, bandwidth, processor usage) may be achieved.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A BLUETOOTH Low Energy (BLE) end node (EN) hub moveable between locations, the BLE EN hub comprising:

a locator component for determining positional information associated with said BLE EN hub;
a filtering component for selectively determining whether or not to process information transmitted by each of a plurality of BLE ENs in communication with said BLE EN hub;
a communicator component operatively coupled with said locator component to, in response to at least one BLE EN being included in said plurality of BLE ENs in communication with said BLE EN hub and meeting all filtering requirements dictated by said filtering component, directly transmit an identity of said least one BLE EN in communication with said BLE EN hub to a network server via a wireless backhaul, transmission;
wherein said direct transmission of said identity of said at least one BLE EN in communication with said BLE EN hub corresponds to attribution of said positional information associated with said BLE EN hub to said at least one BLE EN in communication with said BLE EN hub;
and
wherein for any BLE EN, of said plurality of BLE ENs in communication with said BLE EN hub and not meeting all filter requirements dictated by said filtering component, said BLE EN hub does not transmit any information associated with said any of said BLE ENs, in communication with said BLE EN hub and not meeting all filter requirements, to said network server.

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A method of operating a BLUETOOTH Low Energy (BLE) end mode (EN) hub moveable between locations, the method comprising:

determining positional information associated with said BLE EN hub;
selectively determining whether or not to process information transmitted by each of a plurality of BLE ENs in communication with said BLE EN hub;
directly transmitting, in response to at least ne BLE EN being included in said plurality of BLE ENs in commination with said BLE EN hub and meeting all filtering requirements dictate by a filtering component, an identity of said at least one BLE EN in communication with said BLE EN hub to a network server via a wireless backhaul, transmission;
wherein said directly transmitting said identity of said at least one BLE EN in communication with said BLE EN hub corresponds to attribution of said positional information associated with said BLE EN hub to said at least one BLE EN in communication with said BLE EN hub;
and
wherein for any BLE ENs, of said plurality of BLE ENs in communication with said BLE EN hub and not meeting all filter requirements dictated by said filtering component, said BLE EN hub does not transmit any information associated with said any of said BLE ENs, in communication with said BLE EN hub and not meeting all filter requirements, to said network server.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/964,570Filed 12 Oct 2022
Granted: 3 Oct 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H04W 48/04
Access restriction performed under specific conditions: based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
G06Q 10/0877
Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders: by inventory control or reporting using inventory…
H04W 4/029
Services making use of location information: location-based management or tracking services
H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…