Patent ID: 9544075
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G01S,G06Q,H04H,H04L,H04W,Y04S

Claim:
1. A method for a proximity broadcast receiver to receive and relay messages including identification information corresponding to proximate wireless identity transmitters, comprising: receiving a short-range wireless broadcast message including a rolling identifier from a wireless identity transmitter within proximity; generating a sighting message in response to the received broadcast message, wherein the sighting message includes the rolling identifier and associated data that includes at least one of identification information corresponding to the proximity broadcast receiver, whether the sighting message is related to an alert or a registered service, information regarding software or applications executing on the proximity broadcast receiver, location information, proximity information with respect to known areas within a place, and timestamp data; and transmitting the sighting message via long-range communications to a server.