Patent ID: 9496971
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G01S,H04H,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of supporting proximity services for a mobile device comprising, with a computing device: determining whether a first mobile device and a plurality of second mobile devices are operatively provisioned to make use of a common proximity service, at least in part, by verifying that the plurality of second mobile devices have communicated expressions identifying the common proximity service to the first mobile device; determining, using a first procedure, whether two or more of the plurality of second mobile devices are in near proximity to the first mobile device; determining at a subsequent time and using a second procedure that a state of proximity exists between the first mobile device and each of the two or more second mobile devices, wherein the two or more second mobile devices excludes at least one other second mobile device among the plurality of second mobile devices; and initiating notification to a user and/or an application, or a combination thereof, that the state of proximity exists.