Patent ID: 9749813
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of managing content exchanges in a wireless network, comprising: receiving, by a wireless station, a message broadcast by a string broadcast station, wherein the string broadcast station message comprises a network information string associated with content stored in an information string server in association with a MAC address of the string broadcast station such that the content acquired by the wireless station corresponds to a venue at which the string broadcast station is located is stored without regard to ownership of registration of the network information string; generating, by the wireless station, an identifier comprising a tag component and a content component, the tag component specific to the string broadcast station; storing a list of personal identifying information and a list of tag components in the datastore over a specified time period; filtering the tag component list to associate individual tag components with individual personal identifying information; and identifying a location of the wireless station based on an association of the MAC address to the individual personal identifying information.