Patent ID: 9571985
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G01S,H04B,H04H,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of forming an indoor locating system, said method comprising: positioning at least one UWB beacon anchor within an indoor environment, the at least one UWB beacon anchor configured to: measuring sample UWB signals at multiple positions around the UWB beacon anchor; generating a plurality of “fingerprints” derived from respective measured sample UWB signals; storing the plurality of “fingerprints” in association with the respective unique identifiers associated with the at least one UWB beacon anchor for use in communicating the “fingerprints” and respective unique identifiers to the portable device; positioning a wireless access point configured to communicate with the portable device, and enabling communicating the “fingerprints” and respective unique identifiers to the portable device via the wireless access point; providing a server, the server storing the plurality of “fingerprints” in association with the respective unique identifiers; and establishing a communications link between the server and the wireless access point to enable the portable device to have the “fingerprints” downloaded from the server via the wireless access point.