Cisco Systems, Inc.
Systems and methods for providing proximity as a service in a heterogeneous network of independent system components

Abstract:

Provided is a heterogeneous network of independently provided system components for detecting and verifying time and location of endpoints. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a first network component and from a second network component, a set of instructions for generating tokens in association with an application service; generating, at the first network component, the tokens based on the set of instructions; transmitting, by the first network component and according to the set of instructions, one or more of the tokens to one or more proximity emitter devices; receiving, from a user device, a message including a token received by the user device from at least one of the one or more proximity emitter devices; and validating the token to confirm that the token is from among the tokens generated by the first network component, the validation allowing the user device access to the application service.