Apparatus and method for constructing and utilizing a beacon location database
A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to associate wireless beacon positions within a building with physical position coordinates. Client device positions within the building are computed based upon the physical position coordinates. The client device positions are aggregated to form a client position database.
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions to:
access a building information modeling tool that provides a three-dimensional model of a building;
ascribe building position coordinates to beacons within a building, wherein the building position coordinates express spatial relationships in the three-dimensional model of the building;
convert the building position coordinates to physical position coordinates;
augment the physical position coordinates with at least one additional parameter that supports position resolution;
deliver the physical position coordinates and at least one additional parameter to a client device within the building;
compute client device positions within the building based upon the physical position coordinates; and
aggregate the client device positions to form a client position database.
2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the client position database specifies a path traversed through the building by the client device.
3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2 wherein the client position database specifies temporal visitation segments along the path.
4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the client position database specifies client locale return data.
5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the client position database specifies a number of client devices within the building.
6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 further comprising executable instructions to analyze social network data of users of the client devices to identify socially connected individuals within the building.
7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 further comprising executable instructions to analyze social network data of users of the client devices and the client position database to derive proposed social connections.
8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 further comprising executable instructions to send the client device a message based upon conditional communication criteria and information in the client position database.
9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein the conditional communication criteria specifies individual identity associated with a client device and client device position within the building.
10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 further comprising executable instructions to control a feature of a client device.
11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the executable instructions to control a feature of a client device include executable instructions to access a device feature prohibition table.
12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the device feature prohibition table specifies a prohibited device feature for a specified location.
13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the executable instructions to control a feature of a client device include executable instructions to access a feature control table.
14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the feature control table specifies a feature toggle command for a specified device.