Revolutionizing Mobile Apps In-Context with new hardware: Bluetooth Beacons

1. Revolutionizing Mobile Apps In-Context

2. About me…
@jeffprestes
Developer Advocate
Java, PHP, JavaScript Developer

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What is not a beacon ?

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What is beacon?
Bluetooth Low Energy = Bluetooth Smart =

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What is a beacon ?
A movie is worth a 1000 slides, so…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrRS8qRYXCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QFrZjvp2E0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8h_i8qv1FY

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An example
Let’s play…

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requirements
Install it
Let’s Bluetooth ON

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How it works? (software perspective)
1. BeaconManager scans Beacons devices
2. Select a Beacon
3. Read Beacon’s data
4. Depends on Beacons RSSI and MeasuredPower calculates
proximity and updates mobile view and beeps interval

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demo
https://github.com/jeffprestes

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Useful information…
Mobile phone detects 2.4Ghz radio waves signals emitted
by Beacon device
RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) is the general metric used to define
the distance of Mobile Phone from Beacon device.
It’s based on TXPower level.
Maximum range ˜70 meters
The Beacon ID is composed by proximityUUID (16 bytes) + major number (2 bytes) +
minor number (2 bytes). The minor number can be customized.
Estimote iOS SDK (https://github.com/Estimote/iOS-SDK) and
Estimote Android SDK (http://estimote.github.io/Android-SDK/JavaDocs/)

11. Thanks.
Jeff Prestes
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