INDOOR POSITIONING SERVICE SCANNING WITH TRAP ENHANCEMENT

• US 20150193496A1
• Filed: 01/08/2014
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Robinson, Todd D., Crawford, Bruce A., Lutz, Rebecca E.
• Application Number:
  US14/150,383
• Publication Number:
  US 20150193496A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0289 of multiple transceivers, e.g. in ad hoc networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A method of an event management system trapping changes using a server in an indoor positioning system with trap management to a plurality of devices each having a transponder within a location having a plurality of anchor nodes at fixed locations.

Claims

1. A method of an event management system trapping changes using a server in an indoor positioning system with trap management to a plurality of devices within a location having a plurality of anchor nodes at fixed locations;

each device having a transponder, the method comprising the steps of;

the server receiving instructions to scan a location to locate the plurality devices within a range;

the server initiating the plurality of anchor nodes to perform a current scan of the location to actively locate the plurality of devices within the location;

the server receiving current scan data regarding positions of the plurality of devices from the plurality of anchor nodes, wherein the position of each of the devices is measured from at least three different anchor nodes;

the server storing the current scan data in a repository;

the server comparing the current scan data to data stored in the repository from a previous scan to trap changes to the devices within the location; and

if the current scan data is different from the data stored in the repository from a previous scan, indicating that a change is trapped, the server sending data regarding the trapped change to a configuration management database of an event management system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein when the current scan data contains a device which is not in the data stored in the repository from a previous scan, the change is trapped as a new device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein when the current scan data does not contain a device which is in the data stored in the repository from a previous scan, the change is trapped as a device missing.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein when coordinates for a device in the current scan data are different from coordinates for the same device in the data stored in the repository from a previous scan, the change is trapped as new coordinates.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the server establishing a baseline scan of the system by the steps of:

the server initiating the plurality of anchor nodes to perform a scan of the location to actively locate the plurality of devices within the location;

the server receiving scan data regarding positions of the plurality of devices from the plurality of anchor nodes, wherein the position of each of the devices is measured from at least three different anchor nodes;

the server storing the scan data in a repository as a baseline scan;

sending data from the baseline scan regarding the positions of each of the devices to the configuration management database of the event management system.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of the event management system sending data to a security operations center regarding a change sent by the server.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of the event management system sending data to an IT service management ticketing and asset system regarding a change sent by the server.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of the event management system sending data to a network operations center regarding a change sent by the server.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of the event management system sending data to a billing system regarding a change sent by the server.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the current scan data is stored in a repository as a log file.