Patent ID: 9693222
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: downloading to a first wireless device a registration application that automatically retrieves a MAC address of the first wireless device; receiving, at a registration computer, as part of a registration process performed by the registration computer, a first unique wireless identifier sent from the first wireless device to the registration computer as part of a registration process, the first unique wireless identifier identifying the first wireless device, said first unique wireless identifier being the MAC address of the first wireless device; receiving as part of said registration process, by the registration computer, a first link sent from the first wireless device to the registration computer, said first link being a link configured to access a social media profile of a first user at a social media server, the first user being a user of said first wireless device; providing the user of the first wireless device an option of associating the MAC address of the first wireless device with the first link configured to access the social media profile of the first user at a social media server; storing, by the registration computer, the link in a record corresponding to the first wireless device, said record including the first unique wireless identifier and said first link; operating the registration computer to restrict the availability of social media profiles corresponding to the first wireless device to certain users or wireless enabled devices; receiving, by the registration computer, from a second wireless device which received the first unique wireless identifier in a wireless signal broadcast by the first wireless device, a query requesting one or more links associated with the first unique wireless identifier that was included in the received broadcast; querying, by the registration computer, a datastore including the record corresponding to the first unique wireless identifier; and transmitting, by the registration computer, to the second wireless device the first link stored in the record corresponding to the first wireless device.