Geolocationing system and method for use of same
A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server system having a redundant architecture, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal locator device.
1. A system for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, the system comprising:
a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices, each gateway device being positioned within a space in the multi-space environment, each gateway device having a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location;
each gateway device of the vertical and horizontal array including:
a housing,
a wireless transceiver associated with the housing,
a processor located within the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver,
a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
receive a beacon signal via the wireless transceiver from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, the beacon signal including a personal locator device identification,
measure a signal characteristic of the beacon signal,
transmit a gateway signal to a server system, the gateway signal including the personal locator device identification, the gateway device identification, and received signal strength measurement;
the server system located in communication with the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices, the server system processing the plurality of gateway signals to determine an estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device;
the server system including at least one local server co-located in communication with the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices at the multi-space environment;
the server system including at least one cloud server remotely located in communication with the at least one local server; and
the at least one local server of the server system processes the plurality of gateway signals to determine an estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, in response to a failure of the at least one cloud server.
2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the server system further comprises redundancy at each of the at least one local server and the cloud server in response to a failure.
3. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one local server co-located in communication with the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices further comprises at least one primary server and at least one secondary server, the secondary server taking over for the primary server in response to a failure of the primary server.
4. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one local server co-located in communication with the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices further comprises a plurality of local servers, the plurality of local servers sharing load and rebalancing the load in response to a failure of one of the plurality of local servers.
5. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices proxy communications through the at least one local server to the at least one cloud server.
6. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices proxy communications through the at least one local server to the at least one cloud server, the vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices proxying communications directly to the at least one cloud server in response to a failure of the at least one local server.
7. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one local server further comprises a station server, the station server, in response to a failure of the at least one cloud server, processing notification requests after the estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device is determined.
8. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one cloud server further comprises:
a processor; and
a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
receive a plurality of gateway signals from a plurality of gateway devices of the vertical and horizontal array via the at least one local server,
process the plurality of gateway signals,
determine estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, and
activate an alert notification.
9. A system for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, the system comprising:
an array of gateway devices, each gateway device being positioned within a space in the multi-space environment, each gateway device having a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location;
each gateway device of the array including:
a housing,
a wireless transceiver associated with the housing,
a processor located within the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver,
a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
receive a beacon signal via the wireless transceiver from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, the beacon signal including a personal locator device identification,
measure a signal characteristic of the beacon signal,
transmit a gateway signal to a server system, the gateway signal including the personal locator device identification, the gateway device identification, and received signal strength measurement;
the server system located in communication with the array of gateway devices, the server system processing the plurality of gateway signals to determine an estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device;
the server system including at least one local server co-located in communication with the array of gateway devices at the multi-space environment;
the server system including at least one cloud server remotely located in communication with the at least one local server; and
the at least one local server of the server system processes the plurality of gateway signals to determine an estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, in response to a failure of the at least one cloud server.
10. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the server system further comprises redundancy at each of the at least one local server and the cloud server in response to a failure.
11. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the at least one local server co-located in communication with the array of gateway devices further comprises at least one primary server and at least one secondary server, the secondary server taking over for the primary server in response to a failure of the primary server.
12. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the at least one local server co-located in communication with the array of gateway devices further comprises a plurality of local servers, the plurality of local servers sharing load and rebalancing the load in response to a failure of one of the plurality of local servers.
13. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the array of gateway devices proxy communications through the at least one local server to the at least one cloud server.
14. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the array of gateway devices proxy communications through the at least one local server to the at least one cloud server, the array of gateway devices proxying communications directly to the at least one cloud server in response to a failure of the at least one local server.
15. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the at least one local server further comprises a station server, the station server, in response to a failure of the at least one cloud server, processing notification requests after the estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device is determined.
16. A system for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, the system comprising:
an array of gateway devices, each gateway device being positioned within a space in the multi-space environment, each gateway device having a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location;
each gateway device of the array configured to measure a signal characteristic of a received beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device and, responsive thereto, to transmit a gateway signal to a server system, the gateway signal including the personal locator device identification, the gateway device identification, and received signal strength measurement;
the server system located in communication with the array of gateway devices, the server system processing the plurality of gateway signals to determine an estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device;
the server system including at least one local server co-located in communication with the array of gateway devices at the multi-space environment;
the server system including at least one cloud server remotely located in communication with the at least one local server; and
the at least one local server of the server system processes the plurality of gateway signals to determine an estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, in response to a failure of the at least one cloud server.
17. The system as recited in claim 16 , wherein the server system further comprises redundancy at each of the at least one local server and the cloud server in response to a failure.