Secure beacon-based location systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring an emergency response network, which comprises:
- providing a plurality of beacons arranged in a mesh network;
determining, with a sensor in each of the plurality of beacons, a tamper status for each of the plurality of beacons, the tamper status indicating whether the beacon has been physically tampered with;
transmitting the determined tamper status of each of the plurality of the beacons through the mesh network to a mesh network gateway; and
transmitting the determined tamper status of each of the plurality of the beacons from the mesh network gateway to an emergency information server.
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Abstract
A method for secure, beacon-based emergency location is disclosed. The method includes detecting, with an app instance executing on a user device, a signal from a beacon disposed in a geographical location physically proximate to the user device, and transmitting in response to the detecting app instance verification information to the beacon. Further, the method includes receiving, with the app instance executing on the user device, beacon verification information from the beacon, the beacon verification information being based at least partially on the app instance verification information, and transmitting the beacon verification information to an emergency information server. The method also includes authenticating, with the emergency information server, the beacon verification information to verify that the user device is physically proximate to the beacon and, if the beacon verification information is authentic, determining the geographical location of the user device based on the geographical location of the beacon.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring an emergency response network, which comprises:
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providing a plurality of beacons arranged in a mesh network; determining, with a sensor in each of the plurality of beacons, a tamper status for each of the plurality of beacons, the tamper status indicating whether the beacon has been physically tampered with; transmitting the determined tamper status of each of the plurality of the beacons through the mesh network to a mesh network gateway; and transmitting the determined tamper status of each of the plurality of the beacons from the mesh network gateway to an emergency information server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for determining a tamper status of a plurality of beacons, comprising:
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an emergency information server; a plurality of beacons arranged in a mesh network, wherein each beacon comprises a transmitter and a sensor configured to determine a tamper status indicating whether the beacon has been physically tampered with, wherein each beacon is configured to; determine the tamper status of the beacon; and transmit the determined tamper status through the mesh network to a mesh network gateway, wherein the mesh network gateway is configured to transmit the tamper status of each of the plurality of the beacons to the emergency information server. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for secure, beacon-based emergency location, which comprises:
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receiving, with an emergency information server, beacon verification information for a plurality of beacons; determining, with the emergency information server, a verification status of each beacon of the plurality of beacons based on the received beacon verification information, the verification status including a trusted status or a non-trusted status; detecting, with a user device, a signal from a first beacon of the plurality of beacons disposed in a geographical location physically proximate to the user device; transmitting to the user device, the verification status of the first beacon; and if the beacon verification status of the first beacon is trusted, determining, with the emergency information server, the geographical location of the user device based on the geographical location of the first beacon. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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