# US 10,872,179 B2 · Method and apparatus for automated site augmentation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,872,179 B2 - Document ID: US10872179B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/900,753 - Filed: 2020-06-12 - Published: 2020-10-22 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-02-22 - Assignees: Middle Chart, LLC - Applicants: Middle Chart, LLC - Inventors: Michael Wodrich; Michael S. Santarone; Randall Pugh; Jason E. Duff; Frederick Flitsch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10872179B2 ## CPC - G06F 30/13: Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads - G01S 5/12: by co-ordinating position lines of different shape, e.g. hyperbolic, circular, elliptical or radial - G01S 19/48: by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position solutions derived from a further system - G06Q 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass - G06T 17/05: Geographic models - G06T 19/006: {Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00)} - G01S 3/28: using amplitude comparison of signals derived simultaneously from receiving antennas or antenna systems having differently-oriented directivity characteristics - G01S 3/46: using antennas spaced apart and measuring phase or time difference between signals therefrom, i.e. path-difference systems - G01S 5/14: Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location - G01S 5/16: using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves - G01S 5/30: Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location - G01S 19/01: Satellite radio beacon positioning systems transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL ## Abstract Methods and apparatus for wireless communication area augmentation. A plurality of Nodes or Tags assist in aligning real-world with virtual-world content. Using augmented reality, an Agent may detect one or more Tags by the reflection or other reception of wireless energy in a Radio Target Area. This may be correlated with information in a database about an object proximate to the Tag. In this way, messages, history, and other information about the object may be easily conveyable to the Agent. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for augmenting a wireless communication area, the method comprising the steps of: a) transceiving a wireless communication between a Smart Device and multiple reference point transceivers fixedly located at a position within a wireless communication area; b) generating positional coordinates for the Smart Device based upon the wireless communication between the Smart Device and the multiple reference point transceivers; c) establish a radio target area for an energy receiving sensor; d) receiving energy into the energy receiving sensor from the radio target area; e) generating a digital representation of the energy received into the energy receiving sensor at an instance in time; f) generating positional coordinates for a tag at the instance in time, the tag comprising digital content and access rights to the digital content; g) determining the tag is located within the radio target area based upon the positional coordinates for the tag; h) generating a user interactive interface comprising static portions based upon the digital representation of the energy received into the energy receiving sensor; i) generating a dynamic portion of the user interactive interface based upon the positional coordinates for the tag and the positional coordinates for the Smart Device; j) receiving a user input into the dynamic portion of the user interactive interface; and k) based upon the user input received into the dynamic portion of the user interactive interface, including the digital content in the user interactive interface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 additionally comprising the steps of: receiving multiple disparate energy levels into the energy receiving sensor at the instance in time, each disparate energy level received from a different geospatial location; associating positional coordinates with the disparate energy levels; and indicating the disparate energy levels and relative positions of the disparate energy levels in the user interactive interface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the tag comprises a virtual tag comprising the digital content and a location identified via positional coordinates. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the tag comprises a physical tag comprising a transceiver capable of wireless communication with the multiple reference point transceivers and the method additionally comprises the steps of: transceiving a wireless communication between a tag and multiple reference point transceivers; and generating positional coordinates for the tag based upon the wireless communication between the tag and the multiple reference transceivers. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication between the Smart Device and the multiple reference point transceivers comprises transceiving using an Ultra Wideband modality. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5 wherein the tag comprises a physical tag comprising a transceiver capable of wireless communication with the multiple reference point transceivers and the method additionally comprises the steps of: transceiving a wireless communication between a tag and multiple reference point transceivers using the Ultra Wideband modality; and generating positional coordinates for the tag based upon the wireless communication between the tag and the multiple reference transceivers. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 additionally comprising the step of identifying a wireless communication area comprising the radio target area of the energy receiving sensor, the wireless communication area based upon a communication distance of the Ultra Wideband modality in an area encompassing the energy receiving sensor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 additionally comprising the step of identifying a wireless communication area comprising the radio target area of the energy receiving sensor, the wireless communication area based upon a communication distance of a Bluetooth modality in an area encompassing the energy receiving sensor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication between the Smart Device and the multiple reference point transceivers comprises transceiving using Bluetooth modality. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9 wherein the tag comprises a physical tag comprising a transceiver capable of wireless communication with the multiple reference transceivers and the method additionally comprises the steps of: transceiving a wireless communication between a tag and multiple reference point transceivers using the Bluetooth modality; and generating positional coordinates for the tag based upon the wireless communication between the tag and the multiple reference transceivers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the positional coordinates comprise Cartesian Coordinates. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the positional coordinates comprise at least one of an angle of arrival and an angle of departure. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 additionally comprising the step of designating the access rights to tag content based upon an identifier of the Smart Device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 additionally comprising the step of including in the dynamic portion of the user interactive interface an icon indicative of the digital content associated with the tag. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the radio target area comprises the position of the energy receiving sensor and an area providing electromagnetic energy to the energy receiving sensor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15 wherein the radio target area further comprises a frustum of a generally conical shape with the energy receiving sensor located at a relatively narrow end of the frustum. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16 additionally comprising the steps of: supporting the Smart Device via an Agent; changing a direction of the Smart Device; and redefining the radio transmission area based upon the change in direction of the Smart Device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16 additionally comprising the steps of collocating the tag with a sensor; with the sensor, quantifying a condition present in a structure as digital data; and including the digital data quantifying the condition in the structure in the digital content included in the user interactive interface. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18 wherein the structure comprises the radio target area. ### Claim 20 A method for augmenting a wireless communication area, the method comprising the steps of: a) transceiving an Ultra Wideband wireless communication between a Smart Device supported by an Agent in a structure and multiple reference point transceivers fixedly to the structure at positions within a wireless communication area; b) generating positional coordinates for the Smart Device based upon the Ultra Wideband wireless communication between the Smart Device and the multiple reference point transceivers; c) establish a radio target area for an energy receiving sensor; d) receiving energy into the energy receiving sensor from the radio target area; e) generating a digital representation of the energy received into the energy receiving sensor at an instance in time; f) generating positional coordinates for a tag at the instance in time, the tag comprising digital content and access rights to the digital content; g) determining the tag is located within the radio target area based upon the positional coordinates for the tag; h) generating a user interactive interface comprising static portions based upon the digital representation of the energy received into the energy receiving sensor; i) generating a dynamic portion of the user interactive interface based upon the positional coordinates for the tag and the positional coordinates for the Smart Device; j) receiving a user input into the dynamic portion of the user interactive interface; and k) based upon the user input received into the dynamic portion of the user interactive interface, including the digital content in the user interactive interface. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20 wherein the energy received into the energy receiving sensor comprises a infrared wavelength. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20 wherein the energy received into the energy receiving sensor comprises a wavelength between 400 nanometers and 700 nanometers. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20 wherein the energy received into the energy receiving sensor comprises an ultrasonic wavelength.