Method for recording attendance using bluetooth enabled mobile devices

Abstract

A method for recording attendance using BLUETOOTH-enabled mobile devices comprising the steps in the sequence set forth: triggering (104, 105), by a logged-in user, a respective mobile device to detect for surrounding BLUETOOTH beacons, wherein different user account each is assigned with their respective list of BLUETOOTH beacons for triggering the attendance recording; comparing (106), by the respective mobile device, the detected list of BLUETOOTH beacons with the assigned list of BLUETOOTH beacons of the corresponding user account and only retrieves one or more BLUETOOTH beacon IDs from BLUETOOTH beacons that are assigned to the corresponding user account; and forwarding (107), by the respective mobile device, the retrieved BLUETOOTH beacon ID(s) together with a retrieval timestamp to an administrator server for generating an attendance record.

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