Patent ID: 9167043
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for identifying a combination of proximate devices that are each arranged for detecting a sensory identifier and transmitting a request message comprising a representation of the detected sensory identifier, the system comprising: a plurality of application servers for performing mutually different applications involving communication with the matching devices, the devices that transmit the request messages each indicating at least one of said applications, at least one correlation server distinct from the application server for correlating representations received in the request messages transmitted by the devices so as to match two or more of those devices by determining whether the sensory identifier detected by the devices is the same, the at least one correlation server being configured to determine whether the devices that transmitted the request messages with correlated representations received from the devices indicate a same one of the applications and to match the devices if this is the case, and wherein the correlation server is configured to transmit a match message to a selected one of the application servers in response to detection that the request messages received from the devices contain the correlated representations and that the devices that transmitted indicate a same one of the applications, the selected one of the application servers being selected according to whether the selected one of the application servers performs said same one of the applications.