Method and system for using data packet beaconing to determine compliance with protocols

A method, comprising:

• receiving, from a mobile beacon in a building, a first data packet, of a plurality of data packets and associated with a first event, comprising a first counter value, wherein the first data packet is received by a stationary device in the building, wherein the first data packet was transmitted by the mobile beacon to the stationary device at a different power level and a different time-rate than another data packet transmitted by the mobile beacon to a different device;
• receiving, from the mobile beacon in the building, a second data packet, of the plurality of data packets, comprising a second counter value, wherein the second data packet is received by the stationary device in the building;
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• based upon (i) a determination to retain the first data packet received by the stationary device in the building from the mobile beacon in the building responsive to determining that the first data packet has a first signal strength, corresponding to the mobile beacon being located at a first location in the building that is a first distance away from the stationary device, exceeding a first signal strength threshold and (ii) a determination to discard the second data packet received by the stationary device in the building from the mobile beacon in the building responsive to determining that the second data packet has a second signal strength, corresponding to the mobile beacon being located at a second location in the building that is a second distance away from the stationary device, less than a second signal strength threshold, generating a time-length of an action based upon an evaluation of the first counter value of the retained first data packet having the first signal strength exceeding the first signal strength threshold but not the second counter value of the discarded second data packet having the second signal strength less than the second signal strength threshold, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a first stationary device in a building, a first data packet comprising a first counter value from a mobile beacon in the building, wherein the mobile beacon is configured to transmit a plurality of data packets based upon a time-rate, wherein each data packet of the plurality of data packets comprise an identification number associated with the mobile beacon and a counter value associated with a time of transmission of the data packet, wherein the first data packet was transmitted by the mobile beacon to the first stationary device at a different power level and a different time-rate than another data packet transmitted by the mobile beacon to a different device;
• generating, using the first stationary device, a first message based upon the first counter value;
• transmitting, using the first stationary device, the first message to a data processing station;
• receiving, by at least one of the first stationary device in the building or a second stationary device in the building, a second data packet comprising a second counter value from the mobile beacon;
• determining, using the data processing station, a first event associated with the first data packet based upon the first message;
• determining, using the data processing station, a first time associated with the first event based upon the first counter value;
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• based upon (i) a determination to retain the first data packet received by the first stationary device in the building from the mobile beacon in the building responsive to determining that the first data packet has a first signal strength, corresponding to the mobile beacon being located at a first location in the building, exceeding a first signal strength threshold and (ii) a determination that to discard the second data packet received by at least one of the first stationary device in the building or the second stationary device in the building from the mobile beacon in the building responsive to determining the second data packet has a second signal strength, corresponding to the mobile beacon being located at a second location in the building, less than a second signal strength threshold, generating, using the data processing station, a time-length of an action based upon an evaluation of the first time associated with the retained first data packet having the first signal strength exceeding the first signal strength threshold but not a second time associated with the discarded second data packet having the second signal strength less than the second signal strength threshold, wherein the second location is different than the first location.