Patent ID: 9324202
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06Q,G07C

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing location-based services, wherein a determination of an authorization, of a person to use the location-based services is accomplished using non-contact detection and evaluation of a media information of customer medium, where a localization of the customer medium is determined based on the detection of the customer medium and where the media information of the customer medium is recorded based on an automatically implementable non-contact interaction between at least one reading device assigned to a location and connected to a computer and with the customer medium, if the customer medium is within range of the at least one reading device, whereby the customer medium comprises an RF transceiver and communicates with the computer via the at least one reading device in a predetermined frequency range, whereby the location-based services are provided in case of a valid authorization, the provision of which depends on the detection of the customer medium via the at least one reading device assigned to the location, and where the customer medium is controlled by the computer via the at least one reading device in such a manner that the energy consumption of the customer medium is minimized; wherein at the beginning of the method, the customer medium is in a sleep mode outside the range of the at least one reading device, where no significant electrical activity takes place in the sleep mode, by which a battery that supplies the customer medium with power is not used in the case of an own power supply of the customer medium, where the at least one reading device sends a wake-up signal at regular intervals as part of a wake-up phase, where if the customer medium receives the wake-up signal, it leads to the activation of the customer medium upon a valid detected wake-up signal and its transition into an active mode, whereby subsequently a data to calculate a session ID are sent from the customer medium, which are received by the at least one reading device and sent to the computer, whereby the customer medium sends the media information, which is received via the at least one reading device and supplemented by a reading device ID and a signal strength, with which the media information has been received by the at least one reading device and a duration of the data between the customer medium and the at least one reading device is forwarded to a central computer connected with the at least one reading device, whereby the media information is processed in the central computer and provided in the case of a present authorization to use the location-based services, where after evaluation of the media information an acknowledgement signal containing a time stamp and a predetermined duration until the next contact is broadcast after transition to the sleep mode to transmit the media information to the computer via the at least one reading device, whereby the customer medium is subsequently shifted to an idle mode for the predetermined duration, in which only a microprocessor of the customer medium is active in order to control the transition into the sleep mode or into the active mode, where the shift to the idle mode is done either immediately upon receipt of the acknowledgement signal, after a predetermined period of time that is contained in the acknowledgement signal, after transmission of location-based information, after a completion of using the location-based services or after receiving a new signal after the completion of using the location-based services, where the customer medium enters the active mode after the predetermined duration until the next contact after the transition into the idle mode and sends its media information to the computer via the at least one reading device in order to enable a further localization and where the steps of transmitting the acknowledgement signal by the computer, including the time stamp and the predetermined duration until the next contact after the transition into the idle mode to send the media information to the computer and to repeat the transmission of the media information by the customer medium after the predetermined time until the next contact after the transition into the idle mode until the customer medium enters the sleep mode, which takes place if it is not possible for the customer medium after a predetermined number of attempts to receive an acknowledgement of the transmission of the media information from the computer via the at least one reading device.