Patent ID: 8836580

Claim:
A method for determining a position of a display device within a facility area and providing navigation thereto, wherein navigation is provided on said display device, wherein said display device is selected from a group consisting of a portable display device, a mobile phone, a hand held navigation system, a car navigation system and a Bluetooth enabled device, the method comprising steps of: a) uploading an application onto said display device, wherein said application provides a mobile user with guidance and navigation about said local area, including said facility area, b) downloading a facility indoor mapping of a local floor plan associated with said facility area to said display device prior to arriving to said facility area, c) determining a current position of said display device by a proximity of said display device to RF tags installed in known positions in said facility area, wherein said RF tags emit at least one of a Bluetooth signal and a Wi-Fi signal, wherein said step of determining said current position is accomplished by at least one of: utilizing a location reference of said RF tags when said display device receives a signal from a single RF tag and utilizing a triangulation calculation when said display device receives signals from multiple RF tags, d) displaying a position marking representative said position of said display device within said facility area on a display device overlay layered over said facility area map, e) navigating using said positions of said tags as displayed on said facility area maps, f) displaying additional local based information on said display device, wherein said additional local based information includes information associated with elements within a vicinity of said facility area.