Locator beacon and radar application for mobile device

摘要

A device, system and method for providing (a) a wireless communications component, configured to send and receive wireless signals such that the device is locatable via a wireless means; the wireless communications component including: (i) a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) module for measuring signal strength of a wireless signal received at the wireless communications component, wherein the device is configured to be tracked by a mobile computing device (MCD) running a mobile application wherein the distance of the device from the MCD is calculated by the mobile application upon receiving between one and three RSSI values, measured by the RSSI module, and sent in a signal by the device to the MCD, wherein the distance is calculated based an average of the received RSSI values.

主权项

1. A device comprising:
(a) a wireless communications component, configured to send and receive wireless signals such that the device is locatable via a wireless means; said wireless communications component including:
(i) a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) module configured to measure signal strength of said wireless signal received at said wireless communications component, wherein the device is configured to be tracked by a mobile computing device (MCD) running a mobile application adapted to locate the device via said wireless means, wherein said mobile application includes a feature, wherein when the device is wirelessly coupled to said MCD, said mobile application displays a representation of the device on said MCD relative to a distance of the device from said MCD, wherein said distance of the device from said MCD is calculated by said mobile application using between one and three RSSI values, broadcast in a response signal from the device, and received at said MCD, wherein at least one of said RSSI values is included in a channel data field of said response signal, wherein said RSSI values are measured by said RSSI module receiving a Scan wireless signal from said MCD, and wherein said Scan wireless signal is broadcast over a plurality of channels and said RSSI module calculates which of said channels broadcasted a highest quality signal relative to said plurality of channels, and wherein a channel name of said channel which broadcasted said highest quality signal is included in a said channel data field of said response signal.