SYSTEM FOR VISUALIZATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DISTRIBUTION AND COLLABORATIVE WEB-BASED DESIGN FOR OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTION OF EMITTERS

• US 20170288980A1
• Filed: 04/05/2017
• Published: 10/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bit Lion, LLC
• Original Assignee: Bit Lion, LLC
• Inventors: Hadley, Ryan Robert, Vasile, Mark Marian
• Granted Patent: US 10,454,599 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/27 for locating or positioning the transmitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0273 using web services for network management, e.g. simple object access protocol [SOAP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Aspects of the embodiments are directed to a collaborative tool that can include receiving one or more design parameters into a web server for designing a placement of one or more electromagnetic emitters; designing a structural layout for configuring a wireless network; virtually placing a plurality of electromagnetic emitters in different areas around the structural layout; testing electromagnetic signal strength in the structural layout; and optimizing the electromagnetic emitter placement.

Claims

1. A computer program product tangibly embodied on non-transient storage media, the computer program product comprising computer code that comprises instructions that are operable when executed to cause a hardware processor to:

receive one or more design parameters into a web server for designing a placement of one or more electromagnetic emitters;

design a structural layout for configuring a wireless network;

virtually place a plurality of electromagnetic emitters in different areas around the structural layout;

test electromagnetic signal strength in the structural layout; and

optimize the electromagnetic emitter placement.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, the computer code further comprising instructions that are operable when executed to:

begin a collaborative web-based session for designing the structural layout;

transmit invitations to one or more users of the collaborative web-based session; and

provide a web-based interface for each user of the collaborative web-based session.

3. The computer program product of claim 2, the computer code further comprising instructions that are operable when executed to assign roles to one or more users of a collaboration, the roles comprising one or more of a host of a collaborative design session, a designer, a client, or a utility.

4. The computer program product of claim 3, the computer code further comprising instructions that are operable when executed to provide a user with host privileges to the web-based collaborative session, the host privileges comprising creating and managing the web-based collaborative session.

5. The computer program product of claim 3, the computer code further comprising instructions that are operable when executed to provide a user with designer privileges, the designer privileges comprising creating structural elements for the structural layout, designing a structural layout using structural elements, placing electromagnetic emitters, and electromagnetic attenuation zones.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein structural elements comprise a perimeter, walls, occupant zones, and selects the ceiling types.

7. The computer program product code of claim 5, wherein the designer privileges further comprises access to load a floorplan from the project repository.

8. The computer program product of claim 3, the computer code further comprising instructions that are operable when executed to provide a user with client privileges, the client privileges comprising write access to provide the floorplan to the workspace, and location data that corresponds to the floorplan.

9. The computer program product of claim 1, the computer code further comprising instructions that are operable when executed to test placement of electromagnetic emitters by identifying one or more space points in the structural layout and identifying signal loss;

and

determine at each space point a signal strength, a signal radius, and a threshold value for signal strength defined by client requirements.

10. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving one or more design parameters into a web server for designing a placement of one or more electromagnetic emitters;

designing a structural layout for configuring a wireless network;

virtually placing a plurality of electromagnetic emitters in different areas around the structural layout;

testing electromagnetic signal strength in the structural layout; and

optimizing the electromagnetic emitter placement.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising

initializing a collaborative web-based session for designing the structural layout;

transmitting invitations to one or more users of the collaborative web-based session; and

providing a web-based interface for each user of the collaborative web-based session.

12. The method of claim 11, the computer code further comprising instructions that are operable when executed to assign roles to one or more users of a collaboration, the roles comprising one or more of a host of a collaborative design session, a designer, a client, or a utility.

13. The method of claim 12, the computer code further comprising instructions that are operable when executed to provide a user with host privileges to the web-based collaborative session, the host privileges comprising creating and managing the web-based collaborative session.

14. The method of claim 12, the computer code further comprising instructions that are operable when executed to provide a user with designer privileges, the designer privileges comprising creating structural elements for the structural layout, designing a structural layout using structural elements, placing electromagnetic emitters, and electromagnetic attenuation zones.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein structural elements comprise a perimeter, walls, occupant zones, and selects the ceiling types.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the designer privileges further comprises access to load a floorplan from the project repository.

17. The method of claim 12, the computer code further comprising instructions that are operable when executed to provide a user with client privileges, the client privileges comprising write access to provide the floorplan to the workspace, and location data that corresponds to the floorplan.

18. The method of claim 10, the computer code further comprising instructions that are operable when executed to test placement of electromagnetic emitters by identifying one or more space points in the structural layout and identifying signal loss;

and

determine at each space point a signal strength, a signal radius, and a threshold value for signal strength defined by client requirements.