Wireless communication units and wireless communication system and methods to support beacon technology

    公开(公告)号:US11889580B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-30

    申请号:US17380973

    申请日:2021-07-20

    申请人: Veea Systems Ltd.

    IPC分类号: H04W8/00 H04W4/80

    CPC分类号: H04W8/005 H04W4/80

    摘要: A beacon device for communicating with at least one discovering device is described. The beacon device comprises: a transceiver that is configured to obtain content from a remote server using a first wireless technology or a wireline technology; a second transmitter configured to transmit at least a beacon indicator on a second wireless technology; a second receiver configured to receive a first message from the discovering device in response to the beacon indicator on the second wireless technology requesting information relating to the beacon indicator; a controller operably coupled to the second receiver and configured to process the received first message; a transceiver that supports a second wireless or wireline technology configured to obtain the content from a remote server that stores the requested information using the second wireless or wireline technology; and in response thereto the second transmitter transmits a second message to the at least one discovering device comprising details of how the content can be downloaded by the at least one discovering device.