Patent ID: 9049565
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method by which a device communicates a user profile of a user to an other device in an exchange area, the method comprising the steps of: defining the user profile on the device with parameters comprising said device, upon entry into the exchange area broadcasting repeatedly, each broadcast separated from the next by a period of time, a profile-id that is a constructed data type containing information about the user and the user profile; the other device in the exchange area receiving a profile-id broadcast from said device; the other device in the exchange area, upon receipt of a profile-id broadcast, requesting the user profile from said device if not already requested; said device communicating the user profile to the other devices in the exchange area that request the user profile from said device; the other device in the exchange area receiving and storing the user profile of said device as a stored user profile; the other device, upon receipt of the profile-id broadcast, incrementing a tracking counter of encounters of the profile-id; and the other device ranking the user of the profile-id based on the tracking counter of encounters of the profile-id.