DEVICES AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
The hybrid iBeacon-BLE communication strategy addresses power consumption and feedback issues by using iBeacon for initial detection and BLE for session establishment, ensuring reliable and efficient event-driven communication.
DE102024138247B3Active Publication Date: 2026-04-23SAFENOW GMBH
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Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE102024138247
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-17
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-23
- Estimated Expiration
- 2044-12-17
AI Technical Summary
Technical Problem
BLE-enabled devices consume significant battery power due to continuously running applications, while iBeacon technology lacks reliable feedback mechanisms, compromising its effectiveness in modern communication systems.
Method used
A hybrid communication approach combining iBeacon for initial discovery and BLE for session establishment, utilizing iBeacon's unidirectional data transmission with bidirectional feedback through BLE, incorporating random information to ensure reliable event detection and communication.
Benefits of technology
Ensures reliable and energy-efficient communication sessions by leveraging iBeacon's background detection and BLE's feedback mechanism, preventing message ignoring and enabling immediate responses to user-triggered events.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method (210) for establishing a communication session, wherein the method (210) comprises: capturing a user-triggered event (222) at a first communication device (200); generating a first message (232) according to the iBeacon communication protocol by the first communication device (200) in response to the capture of the user-triggered event (222), wherein the first message (232) comprises: identification information (236) representative of the first communication device (200), random information (238), and event-related information (234) representative of the user-triggered event (222); and transmitting the first message (232) by the first communication device (200) according to the iBeacon communication protocol to a second communication device (242).and receiving a request to establish a communication session according to the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol between the first communication device (200) and the second communication device (242);
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