Patent ID: 9621659
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. An electronic device comprising: a processor; an infrared proximity sensor coupled to the processor; a non-transitory computer readable medium coupled to the processor, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium is configured to store computer readable code to perform a method, the method comprising: detecting an object embedded within another electronic device using the infrared proximity sensor wherein the infrared proximity sensor is configured to detect the object when it reaches a predetermined distance from the object; generating a first time stamp when the infrared proximity sensor detects the nearby object; and transmitting the time stamp to a server computer, wherein the server computer is configured to receive a second time stamp generated from the another electronic device and match the first time stamp to the second time stamp; transmitting electronic data to the server computer after receiving an instruction from the server computer, wherein the instruction to transmit the electronic data is issued based on comparison of the first time stamp and the second time stamp such that the first time stamp and the second time stamp are within a predetermined range, and wherein when more than two time stamps are within the predetermined range, comparison of a first location information associated with the electronic device and a second location information associated with the another electronic device is used to match the first time stamp to the second time stamp.