Bluetooth Proximity Detection System and Method of Interacting With One or More Bluetooth Devices

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12845680

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Some embodiments teach an apparatus for determining a proximity of one or more first Bluetooth devices. The apparatus can include: (a) at least one Bluetooth base station with (1) a Bluetooth transmitter configured to transmit one or more service discovery requests to the one or more first Bluetooth devices; and (2) a Bluetooth receiver configured to receive one or more responses from the one or more first Bluetooth devices to the one or more service discovery requests; and (b) a computational module configured to run on one or more processors and further configured to determine one or more approximate distances between the at least one Bluetooth base station and the one or more first Bluetooth devices based on the one or more responses from the one or more first Bluetooth devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Abowd, Gregory D Atlanta, US 22 734
Chatterji, Vishwajeet Redondo Beach, US 1 80
Kim, Ryan Yong Torrance, US 100 3288
Patel, Shwetak N Seattle, US 79 1719
Reynolds, Matthew S Durham, US 84 2623
Seal, Joshua Marina del Rey, US 11 423
Zeira, Ohad Santa Monica, US 17 457

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