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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Thomas E Warner, Moraga, CA (US);
Edward W Geiger, San Martin, CA (US);
Chinh Q Phan, Fremont, CA (US);
Patrick J Wallace, San Jose, CA (US);
Harold H Webber, Lafayette, CA (US);
Symbol Technologies, LLC, Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
Bluetooth Low Energy nodes are serially-connected with a cable that includes power lines and can include communication wires. The nodes do not have individual batteries. Instead, a single common power source is connected to the wires to provide power for all the nodes. The nodes can also be connected in series with the communication wires (which can be the same as the power wires) along a length of the cable. A headend interface can also be connected at one point of the cable to provide a communication interface with the nodes. The nodes can transmit and/or receive beacons to be used for locationing of mobile devices.