US 10,708,843 B2Granted

Methods and apparatuses for beacon assisted low power localization

OwnerParameshwaran Krishnan, Krishan Sabnaniinventors

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Abstract

The present application is at least directed to an apparatus in a system including a non-transitory memory with instructions stored thereon for decoding a message from a beacon device. The apparatus also includes a processor, operably coupled to the non-transitory memory, configured to execute the instructions of receiving, via a deployment server, data about the system including a decryption key associated with the beacon device. The processor is also configured to execute the instructions of listening for a signal from the beacon device transmitted via low energy. The processor is further configured to execute the instructions of receiving the signal from the beacon device including encrypted information. The processor is even further configured to execute the instructions of decrypting the encrypted information including GPS coordinates. Another aspect of the application is directed to a beacon device in a disconnected system.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory memory including instructions stored thereon for decoding a message from a beacon device in a system;
a display;
and
a processor, operably coupled to the non-transitory memory and the display, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions of:
receiving, via a deployment server, data about the system including a decryption key associated with the beacon device;
listening for a signal from the beacon device transmitted via low energy;
receiving the signal from the beacon device including encrypted information;
decrypting the encrypted information including GPS coordinates;
receiving a signal including encrypted information from another beacon device in the system;
decrypting the encrypted information including GPS coordinates of the other beacon device;
determining a signal strength of the received signals from the beacon device and the other beacon device;
displaying, on a graphical user interface on the display, a policy from the deployment server of a number of beacon devices in the system;
and
determining the received signals from the beacon device and the other beacon device match the number of beacon devices in the displayed policy.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/840,371Filed 13 Dec 2017 · us provisional application
Priority: 28 Jul 2017
Published: US 2019/0037469 A131 Jan 2019
Granted: 7 Jul 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04W 40/20
Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing: based on geographic position or location
G06F 3/048
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: interaction techniques based on graphical…
H04L 9/083
Key transport or distribution, i.e. key establishment techniques where one party creates or otherwise obtains a secret value, and securely…:…
H04L 9/30
Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols: public key, i.e.…