Method for setting up a beacon network inside a retail environment
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1. A method for operating a listening device, the method comprising:
- sensing a plurality of signals from a plurality of transponders, at least one of the transponders having an unknown location;
determining a level of proximity between the listening device and one of the transponders having an unknown location based on unambiguously sensing the signal from the one transponder;
assigning a unique identity (ID) to the one transponder based on the determination;
identifying a location of the one transponder using a map in the listening device;
optically scanning a plurality of objects separate from and proximate to the one transponder; and
associating the identified location and the plurality of objects with the one transponder by transmitting, to a remote database, the identified location, information obtained from the optical scans of the plurality of objects, and the assigned unique ID of the one transponder.
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Abstract
A system having multiple short-range transmission devices, each of which is assigned a unique identity and is positioned at a respectively different location within a three dimensional space. The assignment of the identity is according to signals broadcast by short-range device(s) as sensed unambiguously by a listening device or devices proximate to the short-range transmission device(s) and further associating the identity with a reference point.
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1. A method for operating a listening device, the method comprising:
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sensing a plurality of signals from a plurality of transponders, at least one of the transponders having an unknown location; determining a level of proximity between the listening device and one of the transponders having an unknown location based on unambiguously sensing the signal from the one transponder; assigning a unique identity (ID) to the one transponder based on the determination; identifying a location of the one transponder using a map in the listening device; optically scanning a plurality of objects separate from and proximate to the one transponder; and associating the identified location and the plurality of objects with the one transponder by transmitting, to a remote database, the identified location, information obtained from the optical scans of the plurality of objects, and the assigned unique ID of the one transponder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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a transceiver configured to; sense a plurality of signals from a plurality of transponders, at least one of the transponders having an unknown location; and a processor configured to; determine a level of proximity between the apparatus and one of the transponders having an unknown location based on an unambiguous sensing of the signal from the one transponder; assign a unique identity (ID) to the one transponder based on the unambiguously sensed signal; and identify a location of the one transponder using a map in the apparatus; the transceiver further configured to optically scan a plurality of objects separate from and proximate to the one transponder; and the processor further configured to associate the identified location and the plurality of objects with the one transponder by transmitting, to a remote database, the identified location, information obtained from the optical scans of the plurality of objects, and the assigned unique ID of the one transponder. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for operating a server, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the server, optical image information from a listening device, the optical image information related to a plurality of objects separate from and proximate to a transponder, and a unique identity of the transponder; processing, at the server, the received image information related to the plurality of objects to identify the plurality of objects; classifying, at the server, the plurality of objects into an object group, and associating, at the server, the object group with the transponder in a database on the server. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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