US 12,314,929 B2
Systems and methods for facilitating mobile commerce interactions between customers and merchants
Amit Jhas, Toronto (CA); Abrar Siddiqui, Richmond Hill (CA); Lei Jiang, Toronto (CA); Vinh Dai Nguyen, Hamilton (CA); and Martin Konecny, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to LUCOVA INC., Toronto (CA)
Filed by LUCOVA INC., Toronto (CA)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/004,221.
Application 17/004,221 is a continuation of application No. 15/022,884, abandoned, previously published as PCT/CA2014/050907, filed on Sep. 19, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/880,561, filed on Sep. 20, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0081924 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/326 (2020.05); G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01); G06Q 20/386 (2020.05); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); G06Q 30/0639 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for proximity-based prioritization according to relative signal strength of detected wireless signals, the system comprising:
a remote server; and
a merchant computing device connected to said remote server over a remote network;
said merchant computing device being configured to broadcast local wireless signals comprising device identification information, such that a plurality of customer mobile computing devices residing within range of the local wireless signals can detect the local wireless signals and obtain the device identification information associated with said merchant computing device without establishing respective connections with said merchant computing device;
said remote server being configured to establish a respective connection with each customer mobile computing device and to receive, from each customer mobile computing device, the device identification information and a respective relative signal strength associated with the local wireless signals;
said merchant computing device being further configured to perform at least the following operations in the absence of requiring connections with said plurality of customer mobile computing devices:
receiving, from said remote server, customer identification information and customer proximity information respectively associated with each customer mobile computing device, the customer proximity information pertaining to the proximity of each customer mobile computing device relative to the merchant computing device and being generated based on the respective relative signal strength measured by each customer mobile computing device, the customer identification information and customer proximity information being pushed from said remote server in the absence of a request by said merchant computing device for the customer identification information and customer proximity information; and
employing the customer identification information and the customer proximity information to display a proximity-based customer list;
thereby facilitating passive determination, by the merchant computing device, of customer identification information and customer proximity information associated with the plurality of customer mobile computing devices.