Patent ID: 8644852
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. In a system in which there is a reference database of wireless beacons that stores attributes associated with the wireless beacons, a method for providing contextual information about a place within a range of a wireless signal beacon, the method comprising: at least one of the wireless-enabled device and a server system in communication with the wireless-enabled device receiving information identifying at least one wireless beacon in range of the wireless-enabled device; determining a received signal strength indication of the at least one wireless beacon; at least one of the wireless-enabled device and the server system in communication with the wireless-enabled device retrieving from the reference database extended attributes that are associated with the at least one wireless beacon; at least one of the wireless-enabled device and a server system in communication with the wireless-enabled device determining at least one associated contextual attribute about the place within range of the at least one wireless beacon.