ELECTRONIC LOCATION IDENTIFICATION & TRACKING SYSTEM WITH BEACON CLUSTERING

摘要

A system and method for determining the presence of an individual at a particular spot within a location preferably based on the strength of signals received from beacons assigned to the particular spot by a software application (“App”) running on an electronic device of the individual. In one embodiment, certain presence calculations are performed by the App. In another embodiment, the App forwards information regarding the received beacon signals to an electronic identification and location tracking system and the presence calculations are performed by the system.

主权项

1. A method for registering a location for use by an electronic location identification and tracking system to determine the presence of an individual at the location, said method comprising the steps of:
a. installing a plurality of wireless beacons at a location; b. electronically selecting two or more beacons from the plurality of wireless beacons to represent a specific spot in the location, wherein the selected two or more beacons form a beacon cluster used for determining presence by an individual at the specific spot; b. electronically entering configuration information for each beacon in the beacon cluster and the specific spot assigned to the beacon cluster through an electronic location identification and tracking system; and d. electronically storing the beacon configuration and specific spot assigned to the beacon cluster information in an electronic database in communication with the electronic location identification and tracking system.