Method for setting up a beacon network inside a retail environment
US9245160B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 20, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B13/1427
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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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