US 12,288,619 B2
Electronic identification, location tracking, communication and notification system with 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, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/418,852.
Application 18/418,852 is a continuation of application No. 18/111,380, filed on Feb. 17, 2023, granted, now 11,881,308.
Application 18/111,380 is a continuation of application No. 17/354,414, filed on Jun. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,587,674, issued on Feb. 21, 2023.
Application 17/354,414 is a continuation of application No. 16/739,896, filed on Jan. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,049,615, issued on Jun. 29, 2021.
Application 16/739,896 is a continuation of application No. 16/407,354, filed on May 9, 2019, granted, now 10,536,813, issued on Jan. 12, 2020.
Application 16/407,354 is a continuation of application No. 15/825,752, filed on Nov. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,292,016, issued on May 14, 2019.
Application 15/825,752 is a continuation 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 2024/0242830 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G01S 1/68 (2006.01); G01S 5/14 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/024 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01)
CPC G16H 40/67 (2018.01) [G01S 1/68 (2013.01); G01S 5/14 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 50/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/024 (2018.02); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 40/244 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a current location of an individual at a particular geographical area, said method comprising the steps of:
a. receiving one or more wireless signals by an electronic device on the possession of the individual sent by one or more wireless beacons, said electronic device having and running an electronic identification, location tracking, communication and notification app (“App”), each wireless signal of the one or more wireless signals associated with a specific one beacon from the one or more wireless beacons, each of the signals of the one or more wireless signals having an unique identifier identifying the specific one beacon from the one or more wireless beacons that the signal was transmitted from, each of the one or more beacons located at a different spot within the particular geographical area;
b. electronically forwarding at least some of the one or more wireless signals by the electronic device to an electronic identification, location tracking, communication and notification system (“System”) to determine the current location of the individual at the particular geographical area;
wherein the one or more beacons are a plurality of beacons; and
further comprising the steps of:
c. grouping two or more of the plurality of beacons into a plurality of beacon clusters, with each beacon cluster containing beacons not in any of the other beacon clusters;
d. obtaining an average signal strength value for each beacon cluster based on the beacons contained in each cluster; and
e. selecting a location of the beacon cluster with the highest average signal strength as the current location for the individual at the particular geographical area.