US 2025/0031010 A1Published application

Location-specific services provided via short-range communications between business beacons and user devices on a telecommunications network

AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.

InventorJoohyung Kim

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Abstract

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a system to enable a location-based service. The location-based service is associated with a business subscriber of the telecommunications network and is based on input from a user subscriber of the telecommunications network. The system receives a first indication that the user device is at a first location based on a first signal strength of a beacon signal broadcast at a business site by a beacon of the business subscriber. The system causes the user device to present a first content based on the first location. The system receives a second indication that the user device is at a second location based on a second signal strength of the beacon signal. The system causes the user device to present a second content that is different from the first content and is based on the second location.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing instructions recorded thereon that, when executed by at least one data processor of a system of a telecommunications network, cause the system to:

enable, based on input from a user subscriber of the telecommunications network, a location-based service associated with a business subscriber of the telecommunications network,
wherein a user device of the user subscriber is enabled to display content that varies based on signal strength measurements of beacon signals broadcast at a business site of the business subscriber, and
wherein the business subscriber has a business subscription with fees and services different from a non-business subscription of the user subscriber;
receive a first indication that the user device is at a first location of the business site based on a first signal strength measurement of a beacon signal broadcast at the business site by a beacon of the business subscriber,
wherein the first indication includes an identifier of at least one of the business site or the business subscriber;
cause the user device to present a first content based on the identifier and the first location;
receive a second indication that the user device is at a second location of the business site based on a second signal strength measurement of the beacon signal broadcast at the business site by the beacon of the business subscriber;
and
cause the user device to present a second content based on the second location,
wherein the second content is different from the first content.

7 more elements

A system comprising:

at least one hardware processor;
and
at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the system to:
enable, based on input from a user subscriber of a telecommunications network, a location-based service associated with a business subscriber of the telecommunications network,
wherein a user device of the user subscriber is enabled to display content that varies based on beacon signals broadcast at a business site of the business subscriber;
receive a first indication that the user device is at a first location of the business site based on a first beacon signal broadcast at the business site by a beacon of the business subscriber,
wherein the first indication includes an identifier of at least one of the business site or the business subscriber;
cause the user device to present display a first content based on the identifier and the first location;
receive a second indication that the user device is at a second location of the business site based on a second beacon signal at the business site broadcast by the beacon of the business subscriber;
and
cause the user device to present a second content based on the second location, the second content being different from the first content.

8 more elements

A method comprising:

enabling, based on input from a user subscriber of a telecommunications network, a location-based service associated with a business subscriber of the telecommunications network,
wherein a user device of the user subscriber is enabled to display content that varies based on signal strength measurements of beacon signals broadcast at a business site of the business subscriber;
receiving a first indication that the user device is at a first location of the business site based on a first signal strength measurement of a beacon signal broadcast at the business site by a beacon of the business subscriber,
wherein the first indication includes an identifier of at least one of the business site or the business subscriber;
and
causing the user device to present a first content based on the identifier and the first location.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/355,362Filed 19 Jul 2023
Published: 23 Jan 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H04W 4/021
Services making use of location information: services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
H04W 4/02
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services making use of location information
H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…
H04W 8/18
Network data management: processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or…