Location tracking

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9913085-B2
Application number	US-201715438171-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	Feb 19, 2016
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for location tracking are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, from a computing device that is configured to receive radio signals from beacons, beacon data that includes data identifying a corresponding beacon and data identifying a power level of a corresponding radio signal. The actions further include receiving, from the computing device, sensor data collected by a sensor that is located on the computing device. The actions further include based on the beacon data, determining a location of the corresponding beacon. The actions further include based on the sensor data, adjusting the location of the corresponding beacon. The actions further include generating a user interface that identifies the corresponding beacon and the adjusted location. The actions further include providing, for output, the user interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, from a computing device that is configured to receive radio signals from beacons, beacon data that includes data identifying a corresponding beacon and data identifying a power level of a corresponding radio signal;
receiving, from the computing device, sensor data collected by a sensor that is located on the computing device;
based on the beacon data, determining a location of the corresponding beacon;
based on the sensor data, adjusting the location of the corresponding beacon;
generating a user interface that identifies the corresponding beacon and the adjusted location; and
providing, for output, the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the location of the corresponding beacon comprises:
determining, based on the sensor data, confidence score that indicates a likelihood that a person who corresponds to the beacon is in a different location than the unadjusted location; and
based on the confidence score, adjusting the location of the corresponding beacon.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor data comprises temperature data, ultrasound data, image data, audio data, gyroscope data, accelerometer data, infrared data, cellular data, motion data, oxygen saturation data, air flow data, or wi-fi data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor data is collected by the computing device at a same time that the computing device receives the corresponding radio signal.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
based on the adjusted location of the corresponding beacon, providing, to a computing device that controls a service provided to a person who corresponds to the beacon, an instruction to adjust the service.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the service comprises lighting, HVAC, or network bandwidth.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
determining that the adjusted location is within a geofence; and
based on determining that the adjusted location is within the geofence, providing, for output, data indicating that the adjusted location is within the geofence.

8. A system comprising:
one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a computing device that is configured to receive radio signals from beacons, beacon data that includes data identifying a corresponding beacon and data identifying a power level of a corresponding radio signal;
receiving, from the computing device, sensor data collected by a sensor that is located on the computing device;
based on the beacon data, determining a location of the corresponding beacon;
based on the sensor data, adjusting the location of the corresponding beacon;
generating a user interface that identifies the corresponding beacon and the adjusted location; and
providing, for output, the user interface.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein adjusting the location of the corresponding beacon comprises:
determining, based on the sensor data, confidence score that indicates a likelihood that a person who corresponds to the beacon is in a different location than the unadjusted location; and
based on the confidence score, adjusting the location of the corresponding beacon.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the sensor data comprises temperature data, ultrasound data, image data, audio data, gyroscope data, accelerometer data, infrared data, cellular data, motion data, oxygen saturation data, air flow data, or wi-fi data.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the sensor data is collected by the computing device at a same time that the computing device receives the corresponding radio signal.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
based on the adjusted location of the corresponding beacon, providing, to a computing device that controls a service provided to a person who corresponds to the beacon, an instruction to adjust the service.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the service comprises lighting, HVAC, or network bandwidth.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining that the adjusted location is within a geofence; and
based on determining that the adjusted location is within the geofence, providing, for output, data indicating that the adjusted location is within the geofence.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a computing device that is configured to receive radio signals from beacons, beacon data that includes data identifying a corresponding beacon and data identifying a power level of a corresponding radio signal;
receiving, from the computing device, sensor data collected by a sensor that is located on the computing device;
based on the beacon data, determining a location of the corresponding beacon;
based on the sensor data, adjusting the location of the corresponding beacon;
generating a user interface that identifies the corresponding beacon and the adjusted location; and
providing, for output, the user interface.

16. The medium of claim 15 , wherein adjusting the location of the corresponding beacon comprises:
determining, based on the sensor data, confidence score that indicates a likelihood that a person who corresponds to the beacon is in a different location than the unadjusted location; and
based on the confidence score, adjusting the location of the corresponding beacon.

17. The medium of claim 15 , wherein the sensor data comprises temperature data, ultrasound data, image data, audio data, gyroscope data, accelerometer data, infrared data, cellular data, motion data, oxygen saturation data, air flow data, or wi-fi data.

18. The medium of claim 15 , wherein the sensor data is collected by the computing device at a same time that the computing device receives the corresponding radio signal.

19. The medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
based on the adjusted location of the corresponding beacon, providing, to a computing device that controls a service provided to a person who corresponds to the beacon, an instruction to adjust the service.

20. The medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining that the adjusted location is within a geofence; and
based on determining that the adjusted location is within the geofence, providing, for output, data indicating that the adjusted location is within the geofence.

Assignees

• Accenture Global Solutions Ltd

Inventors

• Slater Mark
• Roe John
• Kuisma Kari Juhani
• Jordan Andrew
• Chooracken John J
• Vann Philip

Classifications

• H04W4/021 Primary

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title

• H04L41/22

  comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• H04W40/244

  using a network of reference devices, e.g. beaconing · CPC title