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Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 10, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Michael Andres, Holzgerlingen, DE;

Dirk Bolte, Gaertringen, DE;

Thomas Hess, Bad Liebenzell, DE;

Markus Strasser, Metzingen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/00 (2006.01); G08B 25/00 (2006.01); G01S 3/02 (2006.01); G01S 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G08C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/18 (2013.01); G08C 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A beacon device is provided in proximity to a computing system within a computing center. A request to locate the computing system in the computing center is triggered on a central control unit. In response to the request to locate the computing system, the control unit generates specification data for a unique radio signal identifier, sends an activation request and the specification data to the beacon device, and provides the specification data to a portable device and stores the specification data on the portable device. In response to receiving the activation request, the beacon device sends a radio signal identifier generated from the specification data.


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