AT&T was granted a patent for Bluetooth companion experiences on handheld devices.

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    "patent_abstract": "Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a processing system including a processor, and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, where the operations include receiving an advertisement identifier; hashing the advertisement identifier, thereby creating a Bluetooth service identifier; transmitting device data including the Bluetooth service identifier in a Bluetooth transmission; and receiving content in a push notification, wherein a system associates the device data with the advertisement identifier to determine whether to create the push notification. Other embodiments are disclosed.",
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curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"att.com","limit":20}'