US 11,854,050 B2
Managing multiple beacons with a network-connected primary beacon
Geoffrey W. Chatterton, Los Altos, CA (US); and John Hastings Granbery, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to PAYPAL, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,615.
Application 17/875,615 is a continuation of application No. 16/379,664, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,403,679.
Application 16/379,664 is a continuation of application No. 14/662,757, filed on Mar. 19, 2015, granted, now 10,255,623, issued on Apr. 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/955,749, filed on Mar. 19, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0093566 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0281 (2013.01) [G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a non-transitory memory; and
one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving, over a network connection from a remote server, a one-time use token for a short-range wireless transmitter, wherein the one-time use token comprises an activation process for an application on a mobile device;
detecting the mobile device of a user within a wireless proximity range of the short-range wireless transmitter associated with a sub-location within a merchant location;
establishing a wireless connection between the mobile device and the short-range wireless transmitter using a wireless communication protocol within the sub-location;
activating the application on the mobile device via the short-range wireless transmitter using the one-time use token;
receiving an identifier from the application via the short-range wireless transmitter; and
populating a notification in at least one of the application on the mobile device or a merchant interface associated with the system at the sub-location based on the identifier and device information for the short-range wireless transmitter, wherein the notification associates the user with the sub-location.