# US 11,310,624 B2 · Cognitive location and navigation services for custom applications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,624 B2 - Document ID: US11310624B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/740,068 - Filed: 2020-01-10 - Published: 2020-05-14 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-10 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation - Inventors: Moitreyee Mukherjee-Roy; Shikhar Kwatra - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310624B2 ## CPC - G01C 21/20: Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - G01C 21/206: {specially adapted for indoor navigation} - G01C 21/3629: {Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech (text to speech systems per se G10L13/00)} - G06F 40/40: Processing or translation of natural language (natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30) - G10L 15/005: {Language recognition} - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 4/024: Guidance services - H04W 4/33: for indoor environments, e.g. buildings - G06F 9/454: {Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation} - G06F 16/9535: Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING ## Abstract According to various embodiments, systems, computer program products, and computer-implemented methods for cognitive location and navigation services for custom applications are disclosed. More specifically, the cognitive location and navigation services include, but are not limited to beacon-based communication with vehicles. For instance, a method includes: summoning a vehicle to a designated position; communicating with one or more location sensors deployed throughout a location including the designated position; determining a user has exited a building at the location based on the communication with the one or more location sensors; and transmitting a position of the user to the summoned vehicle. Notably, the position of the user is accurate to within 10 inches. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method for beacon-based communication with vehicles, the method comprising: summoning a vehicle to a designated position; communicating with one or more location sensors deployed throughout a location including the designated position; in response to determining a user has exited a building at the location based on the communication with the one or more location sensors, activating one of the location sensors that is attached to the vehicle; and transmitting one or more alphanumeric commands binding a position of the user to the summoned vehicle, wherein the position of the user is accurate to within 10 inches. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, comprising instructing the user, upon determining the user has exited the building, to navigate to a first of the one or more location sensors, the first of the one or more location sensors being closest to the designated position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method as recited in claim 2, comprising: tracking the position of the user while the user navigates to the location sensor closest to the designated position; and upon determining the user has arrived at the location sensor closest to the designated position, transmitting a precise location of the location sensor to the vehicle upon determining the user has arrived at the location sensor closest to the designated position. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more location sensors comprise one or more Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the summons is sent automatically in accordance with learned user behavior. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the position of the user is received from a mobile device corresponding to the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, comprising: instructing the user, upon determining the user has exited the building, to navigate to a first of the one or more location sensors, the first location sensor being closest to the designated position; tracking the position of the user while the user navigates to the location sensor closest to the designated position; and upon determining the user has arrived at the location sensor closest to the designated position, transmitting a precise location of the location sensor to the vehicle upon determining the user has arrived at the location sensor closest to the designated position; wherein the one or more location sensors comprise one or more Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons; wherein the summons is sent automatically in accordance with learned user behavior; and wherein the position of the user is received from a mobile device corresponding to the user. ### Claim 8 A computer program product for beacon-based communication with vehicles, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable and/or executable by a processor to cause the processor to: summon, by the processor, a vehicle to a designated position; determine, by the processor, a user has exited a building based on communication with one or more location sensors; in response to determining the user has exited the building, activate, by the processor, one of the one or more location sensors that is attached to the vehicle; and facilitate, by the processor, transmission of a position of the user to the summoned vehicle, wherein the position of the user is accurate to within 10 inches. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The computer program product as recited in claim 8, comprising program instructions readable and/or executable by the processor to cause the processor, upon determining the user has exited the building, to instruct the user to navigate to a first of the one or more location sensors, the first of the one or more location sensors being closest to the designated position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The computer program product as recited in claim 9, comprising program instructions readable and/or executable by the processor to cause the processor to: track the position of the user while the user navigates to the location sensor closest to the designated position; and upon determining the user has arrived at the location sensor closest to the designated position, to facilitate transmission of a precise location of the location sensor to the vehicle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The computer program product as recited in claim 8, wherein the one or more location sensors comprise one or more Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The computer program product as recited in claim 8, wherein the position of the user is transmitted to the vehicle as an encoded alphanumeric command. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The computer program product as recited in claim 8, wherein the summons is sent automatically in accordance with learned user behavior. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The computer program product as recited in claim 8, comprising program instructions readable and/or executable by the processor to cause the processor to: instruct the user, upon determining the user has exited the building, to navigate to a first of the one or more location sensors, the first location sensor being closest to the designated position; track the position of the user while the user navigates to the first location sensor; and facilitate transmission of a precise location of the first location sensor to the vehicle upon determining the user has arrived at the first location sensor; wherein the one or more location sensors comprise one or more Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons; wherein the position of the user is transmitted to the vehicle as an encoded alphanumeric command; wherein the summons is sent automatically in accordance with learned user behavior; and wherein the position of the user is received from a mobile device corresponding to the user. ### Claim 15 A system for beacon-based communication with vehicles, the system comprising: a processor; and logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to: summon a vehicle to a designated position; in response to determining a user has exited a building based on communication with one or more location sensors, activate one of the location sensors that is attached to the vehicle; and transmit a position of the user to the summoned vehicle, wherein the position of the user is accurate to within 10 inches. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system as recited in claim 15, comprising logic configured to: instruct the user, upon determining the user has exited the building, to navigate to a first of the one or more location sensors, the first of the one or more location sensors being closest to the designated position; and facilitate transmission of a precise location of the location sensor to the vehicle upon determining the user has arrived at the location sensor closest to the designated position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system as recited in claim 15, wherein the one or more location sensors comprise one or more Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The system as recited in claim 15, wherein the position of the user is transmitted to the vehicle as an encoded alphanumeric command. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system as recited in claim 15, wherein the summons is sent automatically in accordance with learned user behavior. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The system as recited in claim 15, comprising logic configured to: instruct the user, upon determining the user has exited the building, to navigate to a first of the one or more location sensors, the first location sensor being closest to the designated position; track the position of the user while the user navigates to the first location sensor; and facilitate transmission of a precise location of the first location sensor to the vehicle upon determining the user has arrived at the first location sensor; wherein the one or more location sensors comprise one or more Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons; wherein the position of the user is transmitted to the vehicle as an encoded alphanumeric command; wherein the summons is sent automatically in accordance with learned user behavior; and wherein the position of the user is received from a mobile device corresponding to the user.