Contextually Configuring Consistent Proximity Beacon Identifiers
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJeremy A. Greenberger, Jana H. Jenkins
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Abstract
Administration and consistency of proximity beacon naming within one or more venues is improved by use of a mobile device to discover ranges of the beacons, and upon discovery, determining a location of a mobile computing device within the venue; receiving at the location by the mobile computing device one or more identifiers from one or more proximity beacons within range of the location; and updating by the mobile device at least one of the one or more identifiers according to a proximity beacon naming policy.
Claims18
A method for improving administration and consistency of proximity beacon naming within a venue, comprising:
- determining a location of a mobile computing device within a venue;
- receiving at the location by the mobile computing device one or more identifiers from one or more proximity beacons within range of the location;
- and
- updating by the mobile device at least one of the one or more identifiers according to a proximity beacon naming policy.
A system for improving administration and consistency of proximity beacon naming within a venue, comprising:
- a mobile computing device having a processor;
- a computer-readable, tangible storage memory accessible by the processor;
- and
- one or more program instructions encoded by the storage memory for causing the processor to, when executed:
- determine a location of the mobile computing device within a venue;
- receive at the location by the mobile computing device one or more identifiers from one or more proximity beacons within range of the location;
- and
- update by the mobile device at least one of the one or more identifiers according to a proximity beacon naming policy.
A computer program product for improving administration and consistency of proximity beacon naming within a venue, comprising:
- a computer-readable, tangible storage memory accessible by a processor of a mobile computing device;
- and
- one or more program instructions encoded by the storage memory for causing the processor to, when executed:
- determine a location of the mobile computing device within a venue;
- receive at the location by the mobile computing device one or more identifiers from one or more proximity beacons within range of the location;
- and
- update by the mobile device at least one of the one or more identifiers according to a proximity beacon naming policy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.