Patent ID: 9538332
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B60R,G01C,G01S,G06Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of utilizing at least one beacon for conveying information, the method comprising steps of: deploying at least one beacon about a localized geographic area, wherein each of the at least one beacon is deployed at an associated known geographic location; encoding a geographic location reference into an identification portion of a beacon signal, wherein the geographic location reference identifies the associated known geographic location of the respective beacon, each geographic location reference being unique; broadcasting each respective beacon signal from each at least one beacon deployed in the localized geographic area containing the at least one beacon; scanning to detect any beacon signal, wherein the scanning is accomplished using a mobile device containing a receiver circuit that is compatible with the beacon signal, wherein the detected beacon signal would be a beacon signal transmitted from any of the at least one beacon located proximate the mobile device; receiving the any beacon signal, wherein the receiving is accomplished using the mobile device containing the receiver circuit compatible with the beacon signal, wherein the received beacon signal would be the beacon signal transmitted from any of the at least one beacon located proximate the mobile device; decoding the geographic location reference from the received beacon signal to determine the known geographic location of the respective beacon of the at least one beacon located proximate the mobile device; determining a geographic location of the mobile device using the geographic location reference to determine the known geographic location of the respective beacon of the at least one beacon decoded from the geographic location reference from the received beacon signal; and activating at least one Location Based Service (LBS) associated with the geographic location of the mobile device.