Beacon addressing
First Claim
1. A method of automatically linking beacons to a first master beacon, the method comprising:
- automatically detecting, by the first master beacon, each beacon in a plurality of beacons by detecting a beacon advertisement for each beacon, wherein each beacon advertisement includes a universally unique identifier (UUID) for the respective beacon, a first profile identifier for the respective beacon and a second profile identifier for the respective beacon;
wherein the UUID, the first profile identifier and the second profile identifier are stored in a beacon storage on the respective beacon;
for each beacon in a set of beacons in the plurality of beacons, automatically changing, by the first master beacon, one of the first profile identifier and the second profile identifier so that the one of the first profile identifier and the second profile identifier is identical for each beacon in the set of beacons and the one of the first profile identifier and the second profile identifier is associated with the master beacon.
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes how a master beacon having a known UUID can be used to capture beacons within its range and superimpose a systematic address scheme on those beacons. The superimposed address scheme can then be used as a proxy for the individual beacons when developing applications that make use of the beacons. A master beacon automatically detects each beacon in a plurality of beacons and, for a set of beacons in the plurality of beacons, automatically changes either the first profile identifier or the second profile identifier for each beacon in the set of beacons. The change is such that the first profile identifier or the second profile identifier is identical for each beacon in the set of beacons and is also associated with the master beacon.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of automatically linking beacons to a first master beacon, the method comprising:
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automatically detecting, by the first master beacon, each beacon in a plurality of beacons by detecting a beacon advertisement for each beacon, wherein each beacon advertisement includes a universally unique identifier (UUID) for the respective beacon, a first profile identifier for the respective beacon and a second profile identifier for the respective beacon; wherein the UUID, the first profile identifier and the second profile identifier are stored in a beacon storage on the respective beacon; for each beacon in a set of beacons in the plurality of beacons, automatically changing, by the first master beacon, one of the first profile identifier and the second profile identifier so that the one of the first profile identifier and the second profile identifier is identical for each beacon in the set of beacons and the one of the first profile identifier and the second profile identifier is associated with the master beacon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A beacon network, the beacon network comprising:
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a master beacon, the master beacon comprising; a master beacon processing unit; at least one of a cellular communication unit and a wireless local network unit coupled to the master beacon processing unit; a BLE-capable Bluetooth unit coupled to the master beacon processing unit; a master beacon storage coupled to the master beacon processing unit; and a power source adapted to power the master beacon; the master beacon storage storing; a master beacon identifier for the master beacon; a first profile identifier for the master beacon; a second profile identifier for the master beacon; and instructions executable by the master beacon processing unit; and a plurality of beacons within BLE range of the master beacon, each beacon comprising; a BLE unit; a beacon processing unit coupled to the BLE unit; a beacon storage coupled to the beacon processing unit; a power source adapted to power the beacon; wherein for each beacon in the plurality of beacons, the beacon storage stores; a UUID for that beacon, the UUID forming part of a beacon advertisement for that beacon; a first profile identifier for that beacon, the first profile identifier for that beacon forming part of a beacon advertisement for that beacon; and a second profile identifier for that beacon, the second profile identifier for that beacon forming part of that beacon advertisement for that beacon; wherein the instructions comprise; instructions for connecting to a remote server using the at least one of the cellular communication unit and the wireless local network unit; instructions for automatically detecting, by the master beacon, the plurality of beacons by detecting a beacon advertisement for each beacon, wherein each beacon advertisement includes a universally unique identifier (UUID) for the respective beacon, a first profile identifier for the respective beacon and a second profile identifier for the respective beacon, wherein the UUID, first profile identifier and the second profile identifier are stored in the beacon storage on the respective beacon; and instructions for automatically changing, in the beacon storage of each of the detected beacons of the plurality of beacons, one of the first profile identifier and the second profile identifier so that the one of the first profile identifier and the second profile identifier is identical for each beacon in the set of beacons and the one of the first profile identifier and the second profile identifier is associated with the master beacon. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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