Methods and apparatuses for configuring a ble advertising beacon
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorGuido Grassel
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided in order to provide improvements in the configuring of Bluetooth low energy (BLE) advertising beacons. Embodiments of the present invention are directed to conveniently and reliably configuring or updating the configuration of a BLE beacon, while limiting the amount of technical information and/or tools required. A method is provided comprising: receiving a data stream encoded in a flickering barcode from a programming device; decoding, using a processor, the received data stream; and configuring a BLE beacon advertisement using the decoded data stream. The method may further include transmitting the configured BLE beacon advertisement. A corresponding apparatus and a computer program product are also provided.
Claims21
1-49. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- receiving a data stream encoded in a flickering barcode from a programming device;
- decoding, using a processor, the received data stream;
- and
- configuring a Bluetooth low energy beacon advertisement using the decoded data stream.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and at least one memory including computer program instructions;
- the at least one memory and the computer program instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
- receive a data stream encoded in a flickering barcode from a programming device;
- decode the received data stream;
- and
- configure a Bluetooth low energy beacon advertisement using the decoded data stream.
A method comprising:
- receiving data via a user interface;
- generating, using a processor, a flickering barcode based on the received data;
- and
- causing the flickering barcode to be displayed on a display, wherein the data encoded in the flickering barcode is used to configure a Bluetooth low energy beacon advertisement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.