Abstract:
Methods, systems and devices for presenting rewards to users based on proximity of short-range wireless devices. A wireless identity transmitter may periodically transmit wireless broadcast messages that include obscured identifiers. When within proximity, a proximity broadcast receiver, such as a mobile device carried by a user, may receive and relay the broadcast messages to a server which may process the included information. Based on decrypting the obscured identifiers, the central server may determine whether relayed messages relate to devices associated with a reward program, and may calculate rewards, such as coupons, money, or prizes. Rewards may be presented to users based on sensor data indicated within broadcast messages. In an embodiment, when the server receives a sighting message related to an active search for a target device, a reward is presented to the user of the proximity broadcast receiver that transmitted the sighting message.
Abstract:
In general, this disclosure relates to techniques for transmitting data using one or more identified channels of a spectrum. One example method comprises identifying, with a first communication device, at least one channel currently available in a digital broadcast spectrum, and receiving, with the first communication device, data sent from a second communication device. The method further comprises transmitting the data from the first communication device in the at least one identified channel of the digital broadcast spectrum, wherein the transmitted data complies with a digital broadcast format.
Abstract:
Apparatus, methods, processors, and computer readable media for receiving or transmitting content based on a presentation area size of a communication device are provided. In one aspect, the method includes obtaining a presentation area size of a display on a first communication device, and obtaining a first portion of content from a second communication device located across a communications network. The first portion of content is based on the presentation area size. The method further includes storing the first portion of content in a memory of the first communication device.