Cognitive location and navigation services for custom applications

1. A computer-implemented method for beacon-based communication with vehicles, the method comprising:

summoning a vehicle to a designated position;

communicating with one or more location sensors deployed throughout a location including the designated position;

in response to determining a user has exited a building at the location based on the communication with the one or more location sensors, activating one of the location sensors that is attached to the vehicle; and

transmitting one or more alphanumeric commands binding a position of the user to the summoned vehicle, wherein the position of the user is accurate to within 10 inches.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , comprising instructing the user, upon determining the user has exited the building, to navigate to a first of the one or more location sensors, the first of the one or more location sensors being closest to the designated position.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 , comprising:

tracking the position of the user while the user navigates to the location sensor closest to the designated position; and

upon determining the user has arrived at the location sensor closest to the designated position, transmitting a precise location of the location sensor to the vehicle upon determining the user has arrived at the location sensor closest to the designated position.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more location sensors comprise one or more Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the summons is sent automatically in accordance with learned user behavior.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the position of the user is received from a mobile device corresponding to the user.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 , comprising:

instructing the user, upon determining the user has exited the building, to navigate to a first of the one or more location sensors, the first location sensor being closest to the designated position;

tracking the position of the user while the user navigates to the location sensor closest to the designated position; and

upon determining the user has arrived at the location sensor closest to the designated position, transmitting a precise location of the location sensor to the vehicle upon determining the user has arrived at the location sensor closest to the designated position;

wherein the one or more location sensors comprise one or more Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons;

wherein the summons is sent automatically in accordance with learned user behavior; and

wherein the position of the user is received from a mobile device corresponding to the user.

8. A computer program product for beacon-based communication with vehicles, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable and/or executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

summon, by the processor, a vehicle to a designated position;

determine, by the processor, a user has exited a building based on communication with one or more location sensors;

in response to determining the user has exited the building, activate, by the processor, one of the one or more location sensors that is attached to the vehicle; and

facilitate, by the processor, transmission of a position of the user to the summoned vehicle, wherein the position of the user is accurate to within 10 inches.

9. The computer program product as recited in claim 8 , comprising program instructions readable and/or executable by the processor to cause the processor, upon determining the user has exited the building, to instruct the user to navigate to a first of the one or more location sensors, the first of the one or more location sensors being closest to the designated position.

10. The computer program product as recited in claim 9 , comprising program instructions readable and/or executable by the processor to cause the processor to:

track the position of the user while the user navigates to the location sensor closest to the designated position; and

upon determining the user has arrived at the location sensor closest to the designated position, to facilitate transmission of a precise location of the location sensor to the vehicle.

11. The computer program product as recited in claim 8 , wherein the one or more location sensors comprise one or more Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons.

12. The computer program product as recited in claim 8 , wherein the position of the user is transmitted to the vehicle as an encoded alphanumeric command.

13. The computer program product as recited in claim 8 , wherein the summons is sent automatically in accordance with learned user behavior.

14. The computer program product as recited in claim 8 , comprising program instructions readable and/or executable by the processor to cause the processor to:

instruct the user, upon determining the user has exited the building, to navigate to a first of the one or more location sensors, the first location sensor being closest to the designated position;

track the position of the user while the user navigates to the first location sensor; and

facilitate transmission of a precise location of the first location sensor to the vehicle upon determining the user has arrived at the first location sensor;

wherein the one or more location sensors comprise one or more Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons;

wherein the position of the user is transmitted to the vehicle as an encoded alphanumeric command;

wherein the summons is sent automatically in accordance with learned user behavior; and

wherein the position of the user is received from a mobile device corresponding to the user.

15. A system for beacon-based communication with vehicles, the system comprising:

a processor; and

logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to:

summon a vehicle to a designated position;

in response to determining a user has exited a building based on communication with one or more location sensors, activate one of the location sensors that is attached to the vehicle; and

transmit a position of the user to the summoned vehicle, wherein the position of the user is accurate to within 10 inches.

16. The system as recited in claim 15 , comprising logic configured to:

instruct the user, upon determining the user has exited the building, to navigate to a first of the one or more location sensors, the first of the one or more location sensors being closest to the designated position; and

facilitate transmission of a precise location of the location sensor to the vehicle upon determining the user has arrived at the location sensor closest to the designated position.

17. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein the one or more location sensors comprise one or more Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons.

18. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein the position of the user is transmitted to the vehicle as an encoded alphanumeric command.

19. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein the summons is sent automatically in accordance with learned user behavior.

20. The system as recited in claim 15 , comprising logic configured to:

instruct the user, upon determining the user has exited the building, to navigate to a first of the one or more location sensors, the first location sensor being closest to the designated position;

track the position of the user while the user navigates to the first location sensor; and

facilitate transmission of a precise location of the first location sensor to the vehicle upon determining the user has arrived at the first location sensor;

wherein the one or more location sensors comprise one or more Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons;

wherein the position of the user is transmitted to the vehicle as an encoded alphanumeric command;

wherein the summons is sent automatically in accordance with learned user behavior; and

wherein the position of the user is received from a mobile device corresponding to the user.