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US 9,810,538 B2Granted
Apparatus, method, and system for providing beacon-based navigation
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorRamesh Marimuthu
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Abstract
A guidance platform for providing guidance information is disclosed. The guidance platform receives a request from a user to navigate to a destination point. Based on the request, the guidance platform calculates a route to the destination point from a current location of the user. Further, the guidance platform selects guidance beacons installed along the calculated route. The guidance platform then activates the guidance beacons to initiate a presentation of the guidance information to the user.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- receiving a request via a device to navigate to a destination point;
- calculating a route from a location of the device to the destination point;
- selecting two or more guidance beacons based on the route, wherein at least one of the two or more guidance beacons is pre-installed on a track on a ceiling of a physical space;
- simultaneously activating the two or more guidance beacons to initiate a presentation of guidance information, the activating causing the selected two or more guidance beacons to begin displaying, simultaneously, a visual indicator indicating a presence of the two or more guidance beacons;
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- causing the at least one guidance beacon, installed on the track, to move on the track to assist with navigating the device to the destination point.
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An apparatus comprising a processor configured to:
- receive a request via a device to navigate to a destination point;
- calculate a route from a location of the device to the destination point;
- select two or more guidance beacons based on the route, wherein at least one of the two or more guidance beacons is pre-installed on a track on a ceiling of a physical space;
- simultaneously activate the two or more guidance beacons to initiate a presentation of guidance information, the activating causing the selected two or more guidance beacons to simultaneously present a visual indicator indicating a presence of the one or more guidance beacons;
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- cause the at least one guidance beacon, installed on the track, to move on the track to assist with navigating the device to the destination point.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of guidance beacons, each particular guidance beacon, of the plurality of guidance beacons, including a display device physically attached to the particular guidance beacon, wherein at least one of the plurality of guidance beacons is pre-installed on a track on a ceiling of a physical space;
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- a platform configured to:
- receive a request to calculate a route from a location, of a device, to a destination point,
- calculate the route,
- select at least two guidance beacons, of the plurality of guidance beacons, based on the route,
- simultaneously activate the selected at least two guidance beacons to initiate a presentation of guidance information, the presentation including:
- simultaneously outputting, via the display device physically attached to the at least two guidance beacons, a visual indicator indicating a presence of each of the at least two guidance beacons, and
- cause the at least one guidance beacon, installed on the track, to move on the track to assist with navigating the device to the destination point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.