Physical web beacon, client and proxy

An apparatus associated with a beacon disposed in an environment, the environment having an associated event schedule to include service timing for an event associated with the environment, the apparatus including a processor and a memory having associated instructions which when accessed by the processor, causes the apparatus to execute a context analyzer and a security module, the apparatus to:

• communicate over a first network with a mobile machine, and
• communicate over a second network with a management device,
• wherein the mobile machine is to communicate with a proxy to redirect the mobile machine to a network resource on a second network based at least in part on data provided over the first network, and the beacon is to further:
• broadcast a beacon data to the mobile machine over the first network;
• receive an update from the management device over the second network, the update encoded congruent with a cryptosystem;
• the context analyzer to at least determine a context for the beacon based at least in part on an expectation of contact determined based at least in part on the event schedule associated with the environment, and may log an exception if the expectation is not met, wherein the expectation includes whether contact is received during an in-service time associated with the beacon;
• and
• the security module to at least validate the update from the management device based on the context.

A method for a proxy to communicate over a first network with a mobile machine,

• the mobile machine at least temporarily to communicate with a beacon for a physical-web broadcasting a beacon data to the mobile machine,
• the beacon disposed in an environment having an associated schedule to identify at least event timing associated with the environment, the method comprising:
• receiving, by the proxy, the mobile data from the mobile machine;
• validating, by the proxy, the mobile data corresponds to the beacon data broadcast by the beacon to the mobile machine;
• validating, by the proxy, the mobile data is received congruent with a context for the beacon, the context determined based at least in part on an expectation of contact from devices proximate to the environment, the expectation determined at least in part on receiving contact in accord with the event timing indicated by the schedule associated with the environment, wherein the proxy may log an exception if the expectation is not met;
• dynamically selecting, by the proxy, a redirection target from a first data store based at least in part on the mobile data and based at least in part on the context for the beacon;
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• redirecting, by the proxy, the mobile machine based to the redirection target.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions for a proxy to communicate over a first network with a mobile machine,

• the mobile machine at least temporarily to communicate with a beacon for a physical-web broadcasting a beacon data to the mobile machine,
• the beacon disposed in an environment including devices in the environment and an associated schedule to identify at least event timing associated with the environment,
• the instructions to cause the proxy, in response to execution of the instructions, to:
• receive mobile data from the mobile machine;
• validate the mobile data corresponds to the beacon data broadcast by the beacon;
• determine the mobile machine is proximate to the beacon;
• validate the mobile data corresponds to a context for the beacon, the context determined based at least in part on an expectation of contact from devices based at least in part on receiving contact in accord with the event timing indicated by the schedule associated with the environment, wherein the proxy may log an exception if the expectation is not met;
• and
• dynamically select a redirection target for the mobile machine based at least in part on the mobile data and based at least in part on the context for the beacon.