Geolocationing System and Method for Use of Same
First Claim
1. A system for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, the system comprising:
- a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices, each gateway device being positioned within a space in the multi-space environment, each gateway device having a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location;
each gateway device of the vertical and horizontal array including;
a housing,a wireless transceiver associated with the housing,a processor located within the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver,a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to;
receive a beacon signal via the wireless transceiver from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, the beacon signal including a personal locator device identification,measure received signal strength of the beacon signal,transmit a gateway signal to a server, the gateway signal including the personal locator device identification, the gateway device identification, and received signal strength measurement; and
the server located within the multi-space environment and in communication with the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices, the server including;
a processor, anda memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to;
receive a plurality of gateway signals from a plurality of gateway devices of the vertical and horizontal array,process the plurality of gateway signals with trilateration and received signal strength modeling, anddetermine estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal location device.
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Abstract
A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal location device with trilateration and received signal strength modeling.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, the system comprising:
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a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices, each gateway device being positioned within a space in the multi-space environment, each gateway device having a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location; each gateway device of the vertical and horizontal array including; a housing, a wireless transceiver associated with the housing, a processor located within the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver, a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to; receive a beacon signal via the wireless transceiver from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, the beacon signal including a personal locator device identification, measure received signal strength of the beacon signal, transmit a gateway signal to a server, the gateway signal including the personal locator device identification, the gateway device identification, and received signal strength measurement; and the server located within the multi-space environment and in communication with the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices, the server including; a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to; receive a plurality of gateway signals from a plurality of gateway devices of the vertical and horizontal array, process the plurality of gateway signals with trilateration and received signal strength modeling, and determine estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal location device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, the system comprising:
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a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices, each gateway device being positioned within a space in the multi-space environment, each gateway device having a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location; each gateway device of the vertical and horizontal array including; a housing, a wireless transceiver associated with the housing, a processor located within the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver, a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to; receive a beacon signal via the wireless transceiver from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, the beacon signal including a personal locator device identification, measure received signal strength of the beacon signal, transmit a gateway signal to a server, the gateway signal including the personal locator device identification, the gateway device identification, and received signal strength measurement; and the server located within the multi-space environment and in communication with the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices, the server including; a processor, a signal map stored in the storage, the signal map being a received signal strength model of collected offline signals at the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices, and a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to; receive a plurality of gateway signals from a plurality of gateway devices of the vertical and horizontal array, process the plurality of gateway signals with trilateration by utilizing at least three distances between at least three gateway signals from respective gateway devices to determine a point of intersection therebetween, process the plurality of gateway signals with signal strength modeling by accessing the signal map stored in the storage, and compare a plurality of received signal strength measurements of a respective plurality of gateway signals to the signal map, and determine estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal location device.
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20. A system for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, the system comprising:
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a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices, each gateway device being positioned within a space in the multi-space environment, each gateway device having a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location; each gateway device of the vertical and horizontal array including; a housing, a wireless transceiver associated with the housing, a processor located within the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver, a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to; receive a beacon signal via the wireless transceiver from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, the beacon signal including a personal locator device identification, measure received signal strength of the beacon signal, transmit a gateway signal to a server, the gateway signal including the personal locator device identification, the gateway device identification, and received signal strength measurement; and the server located within the multi-space environment and in communication with the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices, the server including; a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to; receive a plurality of gateway signals from a plurality of gateway devices of the vertical and horizontal array, process the plurality of gateway signals with trilateration by utilizing at least three distances between at least three gateway signals from respective gateway devices to determine a point of intersection therebetween, and process the plurality of gateway signals with signal strength modeling by utilizing at least three received signal strength measurements between at least three gateway signals from respective gateway devices to determine a point of intersection therebetween, and determine estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal location device.
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