Pos devices as beacons for customer location identification

A processing node, comprising:

• processing circuitry;
• and
• memory storing instructions executable by the processing circuitry whereby the processing node is operable to:
• obtain positions of a plurality of mobile merchant devices within a merchant environment;
• obtain data indicative of a relative position of a device of interest relative to one or more of the plurality of mobile merchant devices;
• and
• compute a position of the device of interest within the merchant environment based on the data indicative of the relative position of the device of interest relative to the one or more of the plurality of mobile merchant devices and positions of the one or more of the plurality of mobile merchant devices.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by processing circuitry of a processing node whereby the processing node is caused to:

• obtain positions of a plurality of mobile merchant devices within a merchant environment;
• obtain data indicative of a relative position of a device of interest relative to one or more of the plurality of mobile merchant devices;
• and
• compute a position of the device of interest within the merchant environment based on the data indicative of the relative position of the device of interest relative to the one or more of the plurality of mobile merchant devices and positions of the one or more of the plurality of mobile merchant devices.