Map based beacon management
First Claim
1. A method for proximity beacon management, comprising:
- receiving, at a server and from a mobile device within a range of a proximity Beacon, a location of the mobile device;
Receiving, at the server and from the mobile device, proximity information Identifying a signal strength of a signal that the mobile device received from the proximity beacon;
receiving, at the server and from one of a set of devices that includes the mobile device and the proximity beacon, beacon battery information, the beacon battery information identifying a battery level of the proximity beacon;
identifying, at the server, a location of the proximity beacon within a venue based on the received location of the mobile device and the received proximity information; and
transmitting, from the server to a front-end device, the location of the proximity beacon and the beacon battery information, thereby displaying the location of the proximity beacon and the battery level of the proximity beacon overlaid over a map of the venue displayed via a display of the front-end device.
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Abstract
Once a proximity beacon is installed within a venue, mobile devices receive signals transmitted by the proximity beacon. These mobile devices then report their own locations to an application server. These mobile devices also report a signal strength to the application server, the signal strength associated with the signal from the proximity beacon. The application server determines the location of the proximity beacon by triangulating based on the locations of the mobile devices and on the signal strengths from the mobile devices. The location of the proximity beacon is then transmitted to a front-end device that then displays the location of the proximity beacon on a map along with other locations of other proximity beacons. The map may also display range areas and battery levels of the proximity beacon, and any other data that can be gathered by the application server from the mobile devices or the proximity beacon.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for proximity beacon management, comprising:
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receiving, at a server and from a mobile device within a range of a proximity Beacon, a location of the mobile device; Receiving, at the server and from the mobile device, proximity information Identifying a signal strength of a signal that the mobile device received from the proximity beacon; receiving, at the server and from one of a set of devices that includes the mobile device and the proximity beacon, beacon battery information, the beacon battery information identifying a battery level of the proximity beacon; identifying, at the server, a location of the proximity beacon within a venue based on the received location of the mobile device and the received proximity information; and transmitting, from the server to a front-end device, the location of the proximity beacon and the beacon battery information, thereby displaying the location of the proximity beacon and the battery level of the proximity beacon overlaid over a map of the venue displayed via a display of the front-end device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for beacon management using a server, the system comprising:
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a communication transceiver communicatively coupled to a mobile device, the communication transceiver receiving proximity information and a location of the mobile device from the mobile device, the proximity information identifying a signal strength of a signal that the mobile device received from a proximity beacon, the communication transceiver also receiving beacon battery information from one of a set of devices that includes the mobile device and the proximity beacon, the beacon battery information identifying a battery level of the proximity beacon; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and to the communication transceiver, wherein execution of instructions stored in the memory by the processor including; identifying a location of the proximity beacon within a venue based on the received location of the mobile device and the received proximity information, and transmitting the location of the proximity beacon and the beacon battery information to a front-end device, thereby displaying the location of the proximity beacon and the battery level of the proximity beacon overlaid over a map of the venue displayed via a display of the front-end device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for beacon management, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a mobile device within a range of a proximity beacon, a location of the mobile device; receiving, from the mobile device, proximity information identifying a signal strength of a signal that the mobile device received from the proximity beacon; receiving, from one of a set of devices that includes the mobile device and the proximity beacon, beacon battery information, the beacon battery information identifying a battery level of the proximity beacon; identifying a location of the proximity beacon within a venue based on the received location of the mobile device and the received proximity information; and transmitting the location of the proximity beacon and the beacon battery information to a front-end device, thereby displaying the location of the proximity beacon and the battery level of the proximity beacon overlaid over a map of the venue displayed via a display of the front-end device.
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