Patent ID: 9467934
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for locating a nearest Bluetooth beacon within a plurality of Bluetooth beacons, the method comprising: identifying a latest highest Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) value Bluetooth beacon associated with a highest RSSI value from within a set of latest scanned Bluetooth beacons; computing at least one average RSSI value for a predefined number of RSSI value detections associated with at least one Bluetooth beacon within a latest and previous set of scanned Bluetooth beacons, wherein the at least one Bluetooth beacon is common in the set of latest scanned Bluetooth beacons and the previous set of scanned Bluetooth beacons; identifying a highest average RSSI value Bluetooth beacon from within the latest and previous set of scanned Bluetooth beacons, the highest average RSSI value Bluetooth beacon being associated with a highest average RSSI value within the at least one average RSSI value; and selecting the nearest Bluetooth beacon, from the set of latest scanned Bluetooth beacons and the previous set of scanned Bluetooth beacons, based on the identifying of the latest highest RSSI value Bluetooth beacon and the identifying of the highest average RSSI value Bluetooth beacon.