Patent ID: 9516662
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06K,H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A disambiguation method comprising: providing a station, the station including a station communication unit, a station control unit, and a station storage unit; receiving transmissions of signals containing messages from beacons, the transmissions received with the station communication unit; detecting IDs from the messages, the IDs detected by processing the messages with the station control unit; detecting a received strength of the signals, the received strength detected with the station communication unit; adding the IDs to a list, the list being stored in the station storage unit; identifying one of the IDs as corresponding to an active user based on the list only having a single one of the IDs or based on a probability of the IDs being above a threshold, the active user being a user interfacing with the station; and disambiguating the IDs on the list based on the probability of the IDs being below the threshold, the IDs being disambiguated with the station control unit, and wherein disambiguating the IDs includes instructing the beacons to increase how frequently the beacons transmit the signal, instructing the beacons to increase the power the signals are transmitted at, or a combination thereof.