Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for passively determining a ratio of purchasers and prospective purchasers in a merchant location
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Application No.: US14138342Application Date: 2013-12-23
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Publication No.: US10796320B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Debashis Ghosh , Randy Shuken , Mary Elizabeth Lesbirel
- Applicant: MasterCard International Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US NY Purchase
- Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Purchase
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q30/02
- IPC: G06Q30/02 ; H04W64/00 ; H04W4/029 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W4/02

Abstract:
A method and system for determining a status of a visitor to a physical location and associated with a handheld device using a computer device coupled to a database are provided. The method includes receiving, by the processor, a hello message from a radio associated with one or more handheld devices, capturing a unique identifier of the handheld device from the received hello message, determining visitor geographic information based on the captured unique identifier and a determined signal strength of the hello message, and outputting the visitor information.
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