US 12,254,525 B2
Merchant signal location beacon
Ilya Polyakov, San Francisco, CA (US); Albert Poon, San Francisco, CA (US); and Rajat Shroff, Redwood Shores, CA (US)
Assigned to DOORDASH, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by DoorDash Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/530,632.
Application 18/530,632 is a continuation of application No. 17/734,815, filed on May 2, 2022, granted, now 11,887,207.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/182,478, filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0127388 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/60 (2024.01); G06Q 10/083 (2024.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 50/60 (2024.01) [G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/026 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a physical beacon, an interaction with a device of an agent based on a geofence of a collection location for collecting an item being crossed by the device of the agent, the interaction occurring based on the physical beacon and the device of the agent being in physical proximity to each other; and
upon the detecting the interaction when the geofence is crossed, facilitating, by the physical beacon, transmission of a sensory signal,
wherein the sensory signal is specific to the device of the agent, and
wherein the physical beacon is included in a plurality of physical beacons that generate a plurality of sensory signals along a predetermined path toward the collection location of the item and provide direction information toward the collection location of the item.