Geolocationing System and Method for Use of Same

A system for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, the system comprising:

• an array of gateway devices, each gateway device being positioned within a space in the multi-space environment, each gateway device having a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location;
• each gateway device of the array including:
• a housing,
• a wireless transceiver associated with the housing,
• a processor located within the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver,
• a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive a beacon signal via the wireless transceiver from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, the beacon signal including a personal locator device identification,
• measure a signal characteristic of the beacon signal,
• transmit a gateway signal to a server, the gateway signal including the personal locator device identification, the gateway device identification, and received signal strength measurement;
• and
• the server located in communication with the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices, the server including:
• a processor, and
• a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive a plurality of gateway signals from a plurality of gateway devices of the array,
• process the plurality of gateway signals,
• determine estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, and
• activate a speaker and microphone proximate the estimated location.

A system for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, the system comprising:

• an array of gateway devices, each gateway device being positioned within a space in the multi-space environment, each gateway device having a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location;
• each gateway device of the vertical and horizontal array including:
• a housing,
• a wireless transceiver associated with the housing,
• a processor located within the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver,
• a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive a beacon signal via the wireless transceiver from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, the beacon signal including a personal locator device identification,
• measure a signal characteristic of the beacon signal,
• transmit a gateway signal to a server, the gateway signal including the personal locator device identification, the gateway device identification, and received signal strength measurement;
• and
• the server located in communication with the array of gateway devices, the server including:
• a processor, and
• a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive a plurality of gateway signals from a plurality of gateway devices of the array,
• process the plurality of gateway signals,
• determine estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device,
• activate an alert notification,
• activate a microphone and speaker proximate the estimated location
• render a map view of the multi-space environment, the map view including a graphical representation of the multi-space environment,
• annotate the graphical representation of the multi-space environment with location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device,
• annotate the graphical representation of the multi-space environment with the alert notification, and
• annotate the graphical representation of the multi-space environment with the location of the speaker and microphone.