Patent ID: 9226119
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G01S,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for a mobile device to perform actions associated with applications when confirmed to be within proximity of a physical location relevant to the applications, comprising: identifying, via a processor of the mobile device, a unique identifier of a proximate wireless network access point; determining, via the processor, whether the unique identifier matches a predefined identifier stored on the mobile device and associated with an application; obtaining sensor data via a sensor of a plurality of sensors within the mobile device in response to determining that the unique identifier matches the predefined identifier stored on the mobile device and associated with the application, wherein the unique identifier indicates a type of sensor data associated with the sensor of the plurality of sensors; processing, via the processor, the obtained sensor data to identify encoded information; determining, via the processor, whether the encoded information within the obtained sensor data is associated with the unique identifier; and performing, via the processor, an action based on the encoded information in response to determining that the encoded information is associated with the unique identifier, wherein performing, via the processor, an action based on the encoded information in response to determining that the encoded information is associated with the unique identifier comprises transmitting, via the processor, a join request message to a group communications server associated with the application based on the encoded information in response to determining that the encoded information is associated with the unique identifier.