Patent ID: 9172725
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06Q,H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A device for signaling an affinity with a peer device in a proximate area, the device comprising a processor and a non-transitory processor-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, the device being configured, based on the processor-executable instructions being executed by the processor, to: receive a signal indicating that the peer device is within a range of the device; determine that the peer device shares an affinity in common with the device based on an affinity code of the device matching an affinity code of the peer device, wherein the common affinity is one of a plurality of affinities, each of the plurality of affinities being associated with a different affinity code; and display, based on determining that the peer device shares the affinity in common with the device, a visual notification to a user of the device and to a user of the peer device, wherein the visual notification comprises a visual element that does not utilize text, and wherein the device is wearable such that the visual notification is visible to both the user of the device and the user of the peer device; wherein the device is further configured to display multiple types of visual notifications.