Auto-configuring Radio Beacons for Data Integrity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manual configuration of radio beacons, such as BLUETOOTH® beacon devices, leads to errors and data integrity issues due to the lack of automation in updating location records and terminal associations, resulting in system failures and unpredictable performance.
Innovation Solution
An automated method and system for configuring radio beacons, which detects connected devices, retrieves identifying data, and updates backend configurations automatically, removing previous associations and registering the beacon device with the correct terminal, thereby simplifying the configuration process and enhancing data integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual configuration of radio beacons is performed, then administrators can update location records and terminal associations, but errors occur and data integrity issues arise due to human oversight
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service automation where the beacon configuration process automatically detects connected beacons, retrieves their identifying data, queries the backend system for existing configurations, removes previous associations, and registers new terminal associations without requiring manual administrator intervention. This eliminates human error while maintaining configuration functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically querying the backend system for existing beacon configurations before establishing new associations. It proactively identifies and removes previous configurations to prevent data integrity issues, ensuring the system is prepared for accurate new registrations without manual oversight.
2Productivity
If manual configuration processes are used, then administrators have control over beacon settings, but the process is time-consuming and prone to human error
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual configuration process with an automated electronic system. The automated system detects beacon connections, retrieves identifying data, queries backend systems, manages configuration records, and establishes terminal associations through electronic processes, eliminating the need for manual administrator operations while improving speed and accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs all configuration tasks autonomously without requiring administrator intervention. It self-detects connected beacons, self-retrieves identifying data, self-queries the backend system for existing configurations, self-removes previous associations, and self-registers new terminal associations, dramatically improving productivity while maintaining operational control.
3Adaptability or versatility
If beacon devices are relocated without updating location data, then deployment flexibility is maintained, but data integrity issues and system failures occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by automatically detecting when a beacon device is connected and querying the backend system to determine if the beacon has been previously configured. Based on this feedback, the system automatically removes previous location associations and registers the beacon with its new terminal association, ensuring location data accuracy while maintaining relocation flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
Before establishing a new terminal association for a relocated beacon, the system performs preliminary actions by querying the backend system to identify any existing configurations. It proactively removes previous location data associations to prevent data integrity issues, ensuring the system remains predictable and reliable after beacon relocation.
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AI summary
Various embodiments each include at least one of systems, methods, devices, and software for auto-configuring of radio beacon devices. One embodiment includes a method that detects a beacon device has been connected to a computing device and retrieving beacon identifying data from the beacon device. The method may then query a backend system based on the beacon identifying data to determine whether the beacon identifying data has been previously configured in the backend system. When the beacon device has been previously configured in the backend system, the method includes issuing a command to the backend system to remove the previous configuration of the beacon device then issuing a data write command to the backend system to configure the beacon device in the backend system in association with the computing device.