Patent ID: 8988246
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G01S,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for proximal device configuration, comprising: scanning, with a scanning device, a region comprising a plurality of deployed proximally configurable beacon tags with a directed radiation beam; instructing one or more of the plurality of deployed proximally configurable beacon tags to enter a configuration mode utilizing the directed radiation beam; and transmitting data utilizing the directed radiation beam to one or more of the plurality of deployed proximally configurable beacon tags, wherein the data is associated with a location of the directed radiation beam during scanning within the region such that for any particular position of the directed radiation beam, a corresponding set of data for that position is transmitted to one or more of the plurality of deployed proximally configurable beacon tags, corresponding set of data being received at an input portal of the scanning device; wherein the one or more of the plurality of deployed proximally configurable beacon tags receive configuration information from the directed radiation beam when in the configuration mode; wherein the data associated with a location of the directed radiation beam comprises a position and an orientation of the directed radiation beam.