Apparatus and Method for Using a Wireless Mobile Handset Application to Locate Beacons

An apparatus for providing a determination of direction between a beacon and a wireless mobile handset comprising:

• a removable external case comprising means for accommodating the wireless mobile handset,
• a first plurality of antennas disposed in the case;
• a second plurality of antennas disposed in the beacon;
• a circuit coupled to the first plurality of antennas and disposed in the case to determine the signal strength of a location signal received at the first plurality of antennas transmitted from the second plurality of antennas and to determine by comparison of the received location signal at the first plurality of antennas a probable relative direction between the beacon and the wireless mobile handset;
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• a software application stored within an internal memory of a controller disposed within the wireless mobile handset that comprises means for displaying on a display screen of the wireless mobile handset the signal strength and the probable relative direction between the beacon and wireless mobile handset as determined by the circuit.