US 12,219,433 B2
Electronic location determination and tracking system with virtual beacon clustering
Michael Kusens, Southwest Ranches, FL (US)
Assigned to COLLATERAL OPPORTUNITIES OF NEVADA, LLC, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by COLLATERAL OPPORTUNITIES OF NEVADA, LLC, College Grove, TN (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/379,914.
Application 18/379,914 is a continuation of application No. 17/887,167, filed on Aug. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,792,608.
Application 17/887,167 is a continuation of application No. 17/035,338, filed on Sep. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,418,921, issued on Aug. 16, 2022.
Application 17/035,338 is a continuation of application No. 16/590,997, filed on Oct. 2, 2019, granted, now 10,791,428, issued on Sep. 29, 2020.
Application 16/590,997 is a continuation of application No. 16/260,236, filed on Jan. 29, 2019, granted, now 10,440,519, issued on Oct. 8, 2019.
Application 16/260,236 is a continuation of application No. 15/802,594, filed on Nov. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,194,278, issued on Jan. 29, 2019.
Application 15/802,594 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/230,415, filed on Aug. 6, 2016, granted, now 9,838,849, issued on Dec. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/202,357, filed on Aug. 7, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0048942 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G01S 1/08 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [G01S 1/08 (2013.01); G01S 5/02521 (2020.05); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); G01S 2205/02 (2020.05); G01S 2205/09 (2020.05)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a presence of a person at a particular area within a location by an electronic location identification and tracking system application (“App”), said method comprising the steps of:
a. configuring a plurality of virtual beacon clusters at different points within a location, each beacon cluster of the plurality of virtual beacon clusters comprising a plurality of virtual beacons that are only associated with the beacon cluster and not with any other beacon cluster of the plurality of virtual beacon clusters;
b. receiving beacon signals from one or more of the virtual beacons by an electronic location identification and tracking system application (“App) running on an electronic system or device possessed by a person; and
c. determining a current area within the location that the person is located at by the App or an electronic identification and location tracking system (“System”) in electronic communication with the App based on the received beacon signals;
wherein if signals were received from multiple beacon clusters of the plurality of beacon clusters step c. comprises determining which beacon cluster had a highest average signal strength and selecting an area associated with the determined beacon cluster as the current area where the person is located at.