Dynamically managing a listen list of beacon aware devices

One or more tangible processor-readable storage media embodied with instructions for executing on one or more processors and circuits of a device a process for location, the process comprising:

• storing in memory of a mobile device a listen list of one or more beacon universally unique identifiers (UUIDs);
• monitoring wirelessly received UUIDs transmitted by one or more beacons within a wireless-reception range of the mobile device, the mobile device being configured to perform a processor-executable operation upon detection of a beacon UUID stored in the listen list, the processor-executable operation being associated with the detected beacon UUID;
• and
• updating the listen list stored in the memory of the mobile device with a different set of one or more beacon UUIDs, responsive to a detected change in one or more monitored user contextual parameters satisfying one or more listen list update trigger conditions.

A system for location comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory;
• and
• a location application stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors, the location application is configured to:
• store in the memory a listen list of one or more beacon universally unique identifiers (UUIDs) associated with the location application;
• monitor wirelessly received UUIDs transmitted by one or more beacons;
• perform an operation executable by the one or more processors upon detection of a beacon UUID stored in the listen list, the operation being associated with the detected beacon UUID and the location application;
• and
• update the listen list stored in the memory with a different set of one or more beacon UUIDs, responsive to a detected change in one or more monitored user contextual parameters satisfying one or more listen list update trigger conditions.