Patent ID: 9712872
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G07C,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A system for providing awareness in an environment, the system comprising: a built environment; a spatial array of set-top boxes, each set-top box being associated with a room in the built environment, each set-top box having an identification including a room identifier; each set-top box of the spatial array including: a data packet associated with the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device, the data packet including at least one set-top box identification, a corresponding signal strength identification indicating the strength of the set-top box identification beacon signal, and a proximate wireless-enabled interactive device identification; a spatial array of wireless routers disposed in the environment, each wireless router configured to receive the data packet from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device and forward the data packet; a server located within the built environment and in communication with the spatial array of wireless routers, the server including: the location of the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device being determined following communication from the spatial array of set-top boxes to the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device to the spatial array of wireless routers to the server.