US 11,676,119 B2
System and method for activating a beacon-based service location application
Andrew Grossman, McLean, VA (US); Rachel Collins, Brooklyn, NY (US); Edward Abbott, Wilmington, DE (US); and Jeremy Phillips, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed by Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/350,645.
Prior Publication US 2022/0405725 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 20/108 (2013.01) [H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated method of enabling and implementing a beacon-based service location application in a user device having a beacon monitoring application, the method comprising:
establishing, by a service location facilitation server, service need criteria for a user of the user device;
estimating, by the service location facilitation server, a service need state for the user, the service need state comprising information indicative of a relative need for a desired service;
determining, by the service location facilitation server, whether the service need state meets the service need criteria;
responsive to a determination that the service need state meets the service need criteria, transmitting, by the service location facilitation server, an instruction to the user device to transition the beacon monitoring application from an inactive state to an active monitoring state; and
receiving, by the service location facilitation server from the user device, a beacon notification message including beacon identification information associated with a beacon transmission received by the user device from a transmitting beacon;
determining, by the service location facilitation server, whether the transmitting beacon is associated with a service location that meets needed service criteria; and
responsive only to a determination that the transmitting beacon is associated with a service location that meets the needed service criteria, transmitting a push notification to the user device, the push notification including identification of the desired service and the service location.