Method and system for pre and post processing of beacon ID signals

A computer-implemented method of processing a wireless beacon signal comprising:

• a mobile device receiving from a beacon a wireless beacon signal;
• the mobile device determining a beacon identifier from the wireless beacon signal;
• the mobile device pre-processing the beacon identifier with a beacon filter manager;
• and
• the mobile device enabling a mobile application associated with the beacon identifier to process the beacon identifier if allowed by the beacon filter manager;
• wherein the beacon filter manager applies a utilization filter;
• wherein the utilization filter performs the steps of
• counting the number of beacon signals that have been previously received from a category type associated with a beacon source identified in the beacon identifier;
• allowing the mobile application associated with the beacon identifier to process the beacon identifier if the number of beacon signals that have been previously received from the category type associated with the beacon source identified in the beacon identifier does not exceed a predetermined threshold.

A mobile device comprising processing circuitry, program storage, a user input device, a user output device, a short range wireless interface for short range communication with a beacon, and a network interface for wireless communications with a network, wherein the program storage stores program code for programming the processing circuitry to:

• receive a wireless beacon signal from a beacon via the short-range wireless interface;
• determine a beacon identifier from the wireless beacon signal;
• pre-process the beacon identifier with a beacon filter manager;
• and
• enable a mobile application associated with the beacon identifier to process the beacon identifier if allowed by the beacon filter manager;
• wherein the beacon filter manager applies a utilization filter;
• wherein the utilization filter performs the steps of
• counting the number of beacon signals that have been previously received from a beacon source identified in the beacon identifier;
• and
• allowing the mobile application associated with the beacon identifier to process the beacon identifier if the number of beacon signals that have been previously received from the beacon source identified in the beacon identifier does not exceed a predetermined threshold.

A mobile device comprising processing circuitry, program storage, a user input device, a user output device, a short range wireless interface for short range communication with a beacon, and a network interface for wireless communications with a network, wherein the program storage stores program code for programming the processing circuitry to:

• receive a wireless beacon signal from a beacon via the short-range wireless interface;
• determine a beacon identifier from the wireless beacon signal;
• pre-process the beacon identifier with a beacon filter manager;
• and
• enable a mobile application associated with the beacon identifier to process the beacon identifier if allowed by the beacon filter manager;
• wherein the beacon filter manager applies a utilization filter;
• wherein the utilization filter performs the steps of
• counting the number of beacon signals that have been previously received from a category type associated with a beacon source identified in the beacon identifier;
• allowing the mobile application associated with the beacon identifier to process the beacon identifier if the number of beacon signals that have been previously received from the category type associated with the beacon source identified in the beacon identifier does not exceed a predetermined threshold.