MAP BASED BEACON MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A method for proximity beacon management, comprising:
- receiving mobile device location information from a mobile device within range of a proximity beacon, the mobile device location information identifying a location of the mobile device;
receiving proximity information from the mobile device, the proximity information identifying a signal strength of a signal that the mobile device received from the proximity beacon;
identifying a location of the proximity beacon within a venue based on the received location information and the received proximity information; and
transmitting the location of the proximity beacon to a front-end device, thereby displaying the location of the proximity beacon overlaid over a map 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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20 Claims
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1. A method for proximity beacon management, comprising:
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receiving mobile device location information from a mobile device within range of a proximity beacon, the mobile device location information identifying a location of the mobile device; receiving proximity information from the mobile device, the proximity information identifying a signal strength of a signal that the mobile device received from the proximity beacon; identifying a location of the proximity beacon within a venue based on the received location information and the received proximity information; and transmitting the location of the proximity beacon to a front-end device, thereby displaying the location of the proximity beacon overlaid over a map displayed via a display of the front-end device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for beacon management, the system comprising:
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a communication transceiver communicatively coupled to a mobile device, the communication transceiver receiving mobile device location information and proximity information from the mobile device, the mobile device location information identifying a location of the mobile device, the proximity information identifying a signal strength of a signal that the mobile device received from 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; identifies a location of the proximity beacon within a venue based on the received location information and the received proximity information, and transmits the location of the proximity beacon to a front-end device, thereby displaying the location of the proximity beacon overlaid over a map displayed via a display of the front-end device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. 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 mobile device location information from a mobile device within range of a proximity beacon, the mobile device location information identifying a location of the mobile device; receiving proximity information from the mobile device, the proximity information identifying a signal strength of a signal that the mobile device received from the proximity beacon; identifying a location of the proximity beacon within a venue based on the received location information and the received proximity information; and transmitting the location of the proximity beacon to a front-end device, thereby displaying the location of the proximity beacon overlaid over a map displayed via a display of the front-end device.
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