Patent ID: 9549153
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method, comprising: receiving, at a portable electronic device, a first beacon signal; transmitting beacon information from the portable electronic device to a back-end server via a first communication link, wherein the beacon information is derived from an analysis of the received first beacon signal; receiving, by the portable electronic device, operational information from the back-end server via the first communication link, wherein the operational information is derived from information contained within the transmitted beacon information; analyzing the received operational information; transmitting auxiliary device control information to an auxiliary electronic device, wherein the auxiliary device control information comprises one or more command instructions that were at least partially derived from the analysis of the received operational information, and initiating, by the auxiliary electronic device, a task based on the received auxiliary device control information, wherein the initiated task includes an initiation of communication with an external video conferencing system.