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copy 2014 Statler Consulting LLC
Statler Consultingwwwstatlerconsultingcombeacon-training
An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture Applications and Strategy
Now with added Apple Pay
2Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Currently minus wwwGtCcards minus Statler Consulting Carbon Offset Systems Beacon Training
bull Qualcomm - 7 Yearsminus Snr Director or Strategy and Solutions Mgmt ndash Qualcomm Retail Solutions minus Responsible for the divisionrsquos annual strategic planning processminus Working with retailers payments companies appliance manufactures hellip on designing solutions
with beacons hellipbull Previously
minus IBM Intel (PassEdge) Volantis (mobile software) Sequent SCO Logica BT Research Labsminus Training consulting sales marketing engineering strategy product management
Introductions ndash Steve Statler
3Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
4Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Role hopes fears
5Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
6Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Stop me if needed
7Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Building blocks for the experiencebull Workshop scopebull Digital to physical convergencebull Why Bluetooth Vs hellipbull Applicationsbull Visionbull Market maturitybull Addressable market
Orientation
8Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
A Simple BeaconNo connection one way communication
9Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
httpwwwlegocomen-usmovie
10Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Therersquos more to these bricks hellipArchitects need to understand their materials
11Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Under the Hood + The User Experience
12Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Disruptivebull Digital to Physical Convergence
Why Beacons
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
2Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Currently minus wwwGtCcards minus Statler Consulting Carbon Offset Systems Beacon Training
bull Qualcomm - 7 Yearsminus Snr Director or Strategy and Solutions Mgmt ndash Qualcomm Retail Solutions minus Responsible for the divisionrsquos annual strategic planning processminus Working with retailers payments companies appliance manufactures hellip on designing solutions
with beacons hellipbull Previously
minus IBM Intel (PassEdge) Volantis (mobile software) Sequent SCO Logica BT Research Labsminus Training consulting sales marketing engineering strategy product management
Introductions ndash Steve Statler
3Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
4Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Role hopes fears
5Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
6Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Stop me if needed
7Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Building blocks for the experiencebull Workshop scopebull Digital to physical convergencebull Why Bluetooth Vs hellipbull Applicationsbull Visionbull Market maturitybull Addressable market
Orientation
8Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
A Simple BeaconNo connection one way communication
9Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
httpwwwlegocomen-usmovie
10Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Therersquos more to these bricks hellipArchitects need to understand their materials
11Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Under the Hood + The User Experience
12Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Disruptivebull Digital to Physical Convergence
Why Beacons
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
3Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
4Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Role hopes fears
5Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
6Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Stop me if needed
7Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Building blocks for the experiencebull Workshop scopebull Digital to physical convergencebull Why Bluetooth Vs hellipbull Applicationsbull Visionbull Market maturitybull Addressable market
Orientation
8Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
A Simple BeaconNo connection one way communication
9Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
httpwwwlegocomen-usmovie
10Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Therersquos more to these bricks hellipArchitects need to understand their materials
11Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Under the Hood + The User Experience
12Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Disruptivebull Digital to Physical Convergence
Why Beacons
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
4Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Role hopes fears
5Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
6Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Stop me if needed
7Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Building blocks for the experiencebull Workshop scopebull Digital to physical convergencebull Why Bluetooth Vs hellipbull Applicationsbull Visionbull Market maturitybull Addressable market
Orientation
8Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
A Simple BeaconNo connection one way communication
9Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
httpwwwlegocomen-usmovie
10Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Therersquos more to these bricks hellipArchitects need to understand their materials
11Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Under the Hood + The User Experience
12Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Disruptivebull Digital to Physical Convergence
Why Beacons
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
5Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
6Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Stop me if needed
7Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Building blocks for the experiencebull Workshop scopebull Digital to physical convergencebull Why Bluetooth Vs hellipbull Applicationsbull Visionbull Market maturitybull Addressable market
Orientation
8Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
A Simple BeaconNo connection one way communication
9Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
httpwwwlegocomen-usmovie
10Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Therersquos more to these bricks hellipArchitects need to understand their materials
11Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Under the Hood + The User Experience
12Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Disruptivebull Digital to Physical Convergence
Why Beacons
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
6Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Stop me if needed
7Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Building blocks for the experiencebull Workshop scopebull Digital to physical convergencebull Why Bluetooth Vs hellipbull Applicationsbull Visionbull Market maturitybull Addressable market
Orientation
8Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
A Simple BeaconNo connection one way communication
9Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
httpwwwlegocomen-usmovie
10Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Therersquos more to these bricks hellipArchitects need to understand their materials
11Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Under the Hood + The User Experience
12Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Disruptivebull Digital to Physical Convergence
Why Beacons
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
7Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Building blocks for the experiencebull Workshop scopebull Digital to physical convergencebull Why Bluetooth Vs hellipbull Applicationsbull Visionbull Market maturitybull Addressable market
Orientation
8Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
A Simple BeaconNo connection one way communication
9Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
httpwwwlegocomen-usmovie
10Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Therersquos more to these bricks hellipArchitects need to understand their materials
11Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Under the Hood + The User Experience
12Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Disruptivebull Digital to Physical Convergence
Why Beacons
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
8Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
A Simple BeaconNo connection one way communication
9Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
httpwwwlegocomen-usmovie
10Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Therersquos more to these bricks hellipArchitects need to understand their materials
11Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Under the Hood + The User Experience
12Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Disruptivebull Digital to Physical Convergence
Why Beacons
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
9Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
httpwwwlegocomen-usmovie
10Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Therersquos more to these bricks hellipArchitects need to understand their materials
11Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Under the Hood + The User Experience
12Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Disruptivebull Digital to Physical Convergence
Why Beacons
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
10Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Therersquos more to these bricks hellipArchitects need to understand their materials
11Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Under the Hood + The User Experience
12Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Disruptivebull Digital to Physical Convergence
Why Beacons
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
11Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Under the Hood + The User Experience
12Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Disruptivebull Digital to Physical Convergence
Why Beacons
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
12Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Disruptivebull Digital to Physical Convergence
Why Beacons
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
13Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceInput - Signal strength status and identity hellip no connection
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
14Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
15Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
httpwwwcontrol4comblog201403the-internet-of-things-and-the-connected-home
Digital Physical Convergence
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
16Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash The phone hellip and wearables
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
17Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
18Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput - Wearable and fashionable - Beacon and Lively
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
19Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceAugmented Reality amp Virtual Reality
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
20Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Digital Physical ConvergenceOutput ndash Vending Kiosks Displays
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
21Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Momentumbull Balance between standards and
innovationbull VC Moneybull Unencumbered by Banks Telcosbull Low costbull Ubiquity hellip PhonesOSother devicesbull Flexibility
minus Distancesminus Background processing
Why Bluetooth BeaconsRather than RFID NFC VLC hellip
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
22Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
ApplicationsBlush ndash Enabling intuitive in store browsing ndash Hatch Labs Inc - Gimbal
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
23Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Tag manager associates beacons with images URLs and text
bull Bubble browser promotes imagesinfo based on proximity
ApplicationsBubbles + Bubble Tag Manager by Kinwa - Estimote
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
24Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
eCommerce meets bricks and mortar
Vision
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
25Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Indoor mapping++
Google maps to the rest room gate coffee machine
Vision
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
26Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Next gen e911
Vision
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
27Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Your environment adapts to you
Vision
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
28Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
In-app advertising that is location and context
aware
Vision
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
29Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Maturity - CongratulationsYou are visionaries and early adopters
Innovators
Early Adopters
Early Majority
Late Majority
Laggards
You are here
Crossing the Chasmchasmgroupsquarespacecom
httpsmileamazoncomdp0060517123
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
30Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Land Rush
Fast MovingRisk
Opportunity
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
31Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphone ownership in 2014
httpwwwpewinternetorgfact-sheetsmobile-technology-fact-sheet
Smartphone owners
Feature amp no phones
Pew Internet Project research from May 2013 found that 91 of US adult had a cell phone while 56 have a smartphone
74 of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
32Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull gt 81 Gen Y 73 of Gen X used smartphones for shopping
bull 45 of shoppers use their mobile for mobile coupons representing a 7 percent increase from last year
Smartphone UsageShoppers use their Phones
The shopper survey was completed by 1371 respondents without knowledge of Motorola Solutionsrsquo sponsorshipGen Y shoppers represent people between the ages of 18 and 34Gen X shoppers represent people between the ages of 35 and 49
Boomer shoppers represent people between the ages of 50 and 64Pre-Boomer shoppers represent people older than age 65
httpnewsroommotorolasolutionscomPress-ReleasesRetailers-Technology-Investments-Leading-to-Better-In-Store-Experience-Shopper-Satisfaction-Up-23-4870aspxutm_medium=PublicRelations20amputm_source=Newsroomamputm_campaign=2014_Q2_mpactamputm_term=surveyamputm_
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
33Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones are part of shoppingPhones more informative than shop assistants
Tradedoubler report httpwwwmobilecommercedailycomretailers-lose-32pc-of-shoppers-to-in-store-mobile-use-tradedoubler
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
36Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
37Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
39Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Standards Bluetooth 40
40Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
34Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Market Share
httpwwwcomscorecomInsightsData-MineSmartphone-Market-Led-by-Android-in-Software-iPhone-in-Hardware (April 2014)
35Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
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Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
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Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
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bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
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Standards Bluetooth 40
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Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
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OS Fragmentation
httpgigaomcom20131204fragmentation-lives-ios-7-now-on-74-of-iphones-while-kitkat-has-only-reached-1-of-android-devices 1242013
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Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
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Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
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Standards Bluetooth 40
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Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
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Smartphones Usage
Forrester Research httptechcrunchcom20130801despite-googles-gains-iphone-still-edges-out-android-devices-in-app-and-overall-smartphone-usage-says-forrester
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Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
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Standards Bluetooth 40
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Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
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Beacon System Framework
Standards
Bluetooth Chipsets
Beacon OEMs
Management Analytics
Campaign Management
Beacon Networks
Applications
Ad Networks
Handset Operating Systems
38Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
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Standards Bluetooth 40
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Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
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bull Standardsminus Bluetooth minus iBeacon
bull Signal strength and distancebull Chipset vendorsbull Beacon vendorsbull Operating systems bull Placementbull Frequency
Core Concepts
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Standards Bluetooth 40
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Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
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Standards Bluetooth 40
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Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
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Lots of Bluetooth devices
hellip no hellip
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesSIG-MembershipaspxWatch the full movie on httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=DsgXsrxPmxs
bull 9 Billion Bluetooth enabled devices shipped by 2013bull Total Bluetooth 40 devices will grow to 29 billion per year by 2016
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Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products48000+ Product models ndash20000 SIG Members
httpwwwbluetoothcomPagesProduct-Directoryaspx
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bull Invented by telecom vendor Ericsson in 1994bull Named after medieval King of Denmark Harald
Bluetoothbull Nokia identified Bluetooth use-cases gaps 2001bull Nokia releases Wibree in October 2006bull Bluetooth SIG agreed to include Wibree in Bluetooth bull Bluetooth Smart formally adopted into the Bluetooth
v40 core specification in June 2010bull iPhone 4S first Bluetooth Smart Ready device
October 2011
History
httpwwwtelegraphcoukeducationeducationnews8915720Why-we-need-to-talk-about-historyhtml
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bull Was IEEE 802151bull Now managed by Bluetooth Special Interest Groupbull 24 to 2485 GHzbull 40 channels bull Frequency-hopping spread spectrumbull 40 ndash Additional low energy protocol for rapid connection and simple
messages over same spectrumbull Dual mode chipsets and single mode chipsets
Bluetooth 40 Standard
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Health care profilesbull HTP mdash Medical temperature measurement devicesbull GLP mdash Blood glucose monitorsbull BLP mdash Blood pressure measurementSports and fitness profilesbull HRP mdash Heart rate measurementbull CSCP mdashBicycle or exercise bike cadence and wheel speedbull RSCP mdash Running speed and cadence profilebull CPP mdash Cycling power profilebull LNP mdash Location and navigation profileProximity sensingbull FMP mdash Find Me Profile mdash allows one device to issue an alert on a second misplaced devicebull PXP mdash Proximity Profile mdash allows a proximity monitor to detect whether a proximity reporter is within a close rangeAlerts and time profilesbull The phone alert status profile and alert notification profile allow a client device to receive notifications such as incoming
call alerts from another devicebull The time profile allows current time and time zone information on a client device to be set from a server device such as
between a wristwatch and a mobile phones network time
Bluetooth 40Profiles
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Bluetooth SmartSmart Ready hubs talk to everything Bluetooth
Bluetooth 40 aka Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) aka Bluetooth Smart
httpwwwbluetoothcom
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Standards iBeacon
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iBeacon Logo on signage at a venue obtain an iBeacon logo license
httpsdeveloperapplecomibeacon apply for a license to use the iBeacon logo
iBeacon
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bull Set (or not) within beacon configuration utilities
bull First standardized by Open Software Foundation
bull UUIDs can be generated by using the uuidgen command line utility in OS X
Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)Identifies the iBeacon maker or application
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iBeacon Identification
Example D9B9EC1F-3925-43D0-80A9-1E39D4CEA95C Major 3 Minor 10
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Spoofingminus Mapped UUIDs + Major Minor numbers can be replayedminus Scavenger hunts from your deskminus Offers and incentives misappropriated
Loss of opportunity for analytics
Loss of control of user experience
Loss of value creation
iBeacon is unsecured
httpssvpplycomitem1306210Creepy_Blank_Female_Mask__Scary
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bull RSSI = Received Signal Strength Indicator
bull an abbreviation for the power ratio decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW)
bull 1 watt = 1000 mWbull 0 dBm corresponds to a power of 1
milliwatt
RSSIPower of the radio signal
-30dBm = Awesome-60dBm = Good-80dBm = Meh-90dBm = Bad
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bull Not a linear relationship
bull Environment matters
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
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bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
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bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
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FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
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bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
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Operating Systems
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bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
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bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
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bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
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Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
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Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
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Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
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Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
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bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
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Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
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Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
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Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
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+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
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bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
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Beacons and Chips
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bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
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iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
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Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
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Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
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bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
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Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
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Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
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bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
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bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
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bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
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bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
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AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
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Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
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bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
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Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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bull Invented by telecom vendor Ericsson in 1994bull Named after medieval King of Denmark Harald
Bluetoothbull Nokia identified Bluetooth use-cases gaps 2001bull Nokia releases Wibree in October 2006bull Bluetooth SIG agreed to include Wibree in Bluetooth bull Bluetooth Smart formally adopted into the Bluetooth
v40 core specification in June 2010bull iPhone 4S first Bluetooth Smart Ready device
October 2011
History
httpwwwtelegraphcoukeducationeducationnews8915720Why-we-need-to-talk-about-historyhtml
43Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Was IEEE 802151bull Now managed by Bluetooth Special Interest Groupbull 24 to 2485 GHzbull 40 channels bull Frequency-hopping spread spectrumbull 40 ndash Additional low energy protocol for rapid connection and simple
messages over same spectrumbull Dual mode chipsets and single mode chipsets
Bluetooth 40 Standard
44Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Health care profilesbull HTP mdash Medical temperature measurement devicesbull GLP mdash Blood glucose monitorsbull BLP mdash Blood pressure measurementSports and fitness profilesbull HRP mdash Heart rate measurementbull CSCP mdashBicycle or exercise bike cadence and wheel speedbull RSCP mdash Running speed and cadence profilebull CPP mdash Cycling power profilebull LNP mdash Location and navigation profileProximity sensingbull FMP mdash Find Me Profile mdash allows one device to issue an alert on a second misplaced devicebull PXP mdash Proximity Profile mdash allows a proximity monitor to detect whether a proximity reporter is within a close rangeAlerts and time profilesbull The phone alert status profile and alert notification profile allow a client device to receive notifications such as incoming
call alerts from another devicebull The time profile allows current time and time zone information on a client device to be set from a server device such as
between a wristwatch and a mobile phones network time
Bluetooth 40Profiles
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Bluetooth SmartSmart Ready hubs talk to everything Bluetooth
Bluetooth 40 aka Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) aka Bluetooth Smart
httpwwwbluetoothcom
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Standards iBeacon
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iBeacon Logo on signage at a venue obtain an iBeacon logo license
httpsdeveloperapplecomibeacon apply for a license to use the iBeacon logo
iBeacon
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bull Set (or not) within beacon configuration utilities
bull First standardized by Open Software Foundation
bull UUIDs can be generated by using the uuidgen command line utility in OS X
Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)Identifies the iBeacon maker or application
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iBeacon Identification
Example D9B9EC1F-3925-43D0-80A9-1E39D4CEA95C Major 3 Minor 10
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Spoofingminus Mapped UUIDs + Major Minor numbers can be replayedminus Scavenger hunts from your deskminus Offers and incentives misappropriated
Loss of opportunity for analytics
Loss of control of user experience
Loss of value creation
iBeacon is unsecured
httpssvpplycomitem1306210Creepy_Blank_Female_Mask__Scary
51Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull RSSI = Received Signal Strength Indicator
bull an abbreviation for the power ratio decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW)
bull 1 watt = 1000 mWbull 0 dBm corresponds to a power of 1
milliwatt
RSSIPower of the radio signal
-30dBm = Awesome-60dBm = Good-80dBm = Meh-90dBm = Bad
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bull Not a linear relationship
bull Environment matters
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
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bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
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bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
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FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
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bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
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Operating Systems
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bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
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bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
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bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
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Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
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Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
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Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
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Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
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bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
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Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
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Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
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Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
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+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
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bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
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Beacons and Chips
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bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
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iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
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Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
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Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
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bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
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Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
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bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
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bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
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bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
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bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
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AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
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Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
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bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
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Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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bull Was IEEE 802151bull Now managed by Bluetooth Special Interest Groupbull 24 to 2485 GHzbull 40 channels bull Frequency-hopping spread spectrumbull 40 ndash Additional low energy protocol for rapid connection and simple
messages over same spectrumbull Dual mode chipsets and single mode chipsets
Bluetooth 40 Standard
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Health care profilesbull HTP mdash Medical temperature measurement devicesbull GLP mdash Blood glucose monitorsbull BLP mdash Blood pressure measurementSports and fitness profilesbull HRP mdash Heart rate measurementbull CSCP mdashBicycle or exercise bike cadence and wheel speedbull RSCP mdash Running speed and cadence profilebull CPP mdash Cycling power profilebull LNP mdash Location and navigation profileProximity sensingbull FMP mdash Find Me Profile mdash allows one device to issue an alert on a second misplaced devicebull PXP mdash Proximity Profile mdash allows a proximity monitor to detect whether a proximity reporter is within a close rangeAlerts and time profilesbull The phone alert status profile and alert notification profile allow a client device to receive notifications such as incoming
call alerts from another devicebull The time profile allows current time and time zone information on a client device to be set from a server device such as
between a wristwatch and a mobile phones network time
Bluetooth 40Profiles
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Bluetooth SmartSmart Ready hubs talk to everything Bluetooth
Bluetooth 40 aka Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) aka Bluetooth Smart
httpwwwbluetoothcom
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Standards iBeacon
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iBeacon Logo on signage at a venue obtain an iBeacon logo license
httpsdeveloperapplecomibeacon apply for a license to use the iBeacon logo
iBeacon
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bull Set (or not) within beacon configuration utilities
bull First standardized by Open Software Foundation
bull UUIDs can be generated by using the uuidgen command line utility in OS X
Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)Identifies the iBeacon maker or application
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iBeacon Identification
Example D9B9EC1F-3925-43D0-80A9-1E39D4CEA95C Major 3 Minor 10
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Spoofingminus Mapped UUIDs + Major Minor numbers can be replayedminus Scavenger hunts from your deskminus Offers and incentives misappropriated
Loss of opportunity for analytics
Loss of control of user experience
Loss of value creation
iBeacon is unsecured
httpssvpplycomitem1306210Creepy_Blank_Female_Mask__Scary
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bull RSSI = Received Signal Strength Indicator
bull an abbreviation for the power ratio decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW)
bull 1 watt = 1000 mWbull 0 dBm corresponds to a power of 1
milliwatt
RSSIPower of the radio signal
-30dBm = Awesome-60dBm = Good-80dBm = Meh-90dBm = Bad
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bull Not a linear relationship
bull Environment matters
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
53Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
54Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
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FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
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bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
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Operating Systems
58Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
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bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
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Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
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Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
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Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
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bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
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Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
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bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
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Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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Health care profilesbull HTP mdash Medical temperature measurement devicesbull GLP mdash Blood glucose monitorsbull BLP mdash Blood pressure measurementSports and fitness profilesbull HRP mdash Heart rate measurementbull CSCP mdashBicycle or exercise bike cadence and wheel speedbull RSCP mdash Running speed and cadence profilebull CPP mdash Cycling power profilebull LNP mdash Location and navigation profileProximity sensingbull FMP mdash Find Me Profile mdash allows one device to issue an alert on a second misplaced devicebull PXP mdash Proximity Profile mdash allows a proximity monitor to detect whether a proximity reporter is within a close rangeAlerts and time profilesbull The phone alert status profile and alert notification profile allow a client device to receive notifications such as incoming
call alerts from another devicebull The time profile allows current time and time zone information on a client device to be set from a server device such as
between a wristwatch and a mobile phones network time
Bluetooth 40Profiles
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Bluetooth SmartSmart Ready hubs talk to everything Bluetooth
Bluetooth 40 aka Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) aka Bluetooth Smart
httpwwwbluetoothcom
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Standards iBeacon
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iBeacon Logo on signage at a venue obtain an iBeacon logo license
httpsdeveloperapplecomibeacon apply for a license to use the iBeacon logo
iBeacon
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bull Set (or not) within beacon configuration utilities
bull First standardized by Open Software Foundation
bull UUIDs can be generated by using the uuidgen command line utility in OS X
Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)Identifies the iBeacon maker or application
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iBeacon Identification
Example D9B9EC1F-3925-43D0-80A9-1E39D4CEA95C Major 3 Minor 10
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Spoofingminus Mapped UUIDs + Major Minor numbers can be replayedminus Scavenger hunts from your deskminus Offers and incentives misappropriated
Loss of opportunity for analytics
Loss of control of user experience
Loss of value creation
iBeacon is unsecured
httpssvpplycomitem1306210Creepy_Blank_Female_Mask__Scary
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bull RSSI = Received Signal Strength Indicator
bull an abbreviation for the power ratio decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW)
bull 1 watt = 1000 mWbull 0 dBm corresponds to a power of 1
milliwatt
RSSIPower of the radio signal
-30dBm = Awesome-60dBm = Good-80dBm = Meh-90dBm = Bad
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bull Not a linear relationship
bull Environment matters
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
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bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
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bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
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FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
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bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
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Operating Systems
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bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
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bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
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bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
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Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
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Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
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Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
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Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
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bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
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Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
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Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
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Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
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+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
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bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
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Beacons and Chips
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bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
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iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
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Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
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Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
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bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
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Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
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Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
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bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
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bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
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bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
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bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
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AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
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Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
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bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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Bluetooth SmartSmart Ready hubs talk to everything Bluetooth
Bluetooth 40 aka Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) aka Bluetooth Smart
httpwwwbluetoothcom
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Standards iBeacon
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iBeacon Logo on signage at a venue obtain an iBeacon logo license
httpsdeveloperapplecomibeacon apply for a license to use the iBeacon logo
iBeacon
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bull Set (or not) within beacon configuration utilities
bull First standardized by Open Software Foundation
bull UUIDs can be generated by using the uuidgen command line utility in OS X
Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)Identifies the iBeacon maker or application
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iBeacon Identification
Example D9B9EC1F-3925-43D0-80A9-1E39D4CEA95C Major 3 Minor 10
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Spoofingminus Mapped UUIDs + Major Minor numbers can be replayedminus Scavenger hunts from your deskminus Offers and incentives misappropriated
Loss of opportunity for analytics
Loss of control of user experience
Loss of value creation
iBeacon is unsecured
httpssvpplycomitem1306210Creepy_Blank_Female_Mask__Scary
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bull RSSI = Received Signal Strength Indicator
bull an abbreviation for the power ratio decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW)
bull 1 watt = 1000 mWbull 0 dBm corresponds to a power of 1
milliwatt
RSSIPower of the radio signal
-30dBm = Awesome-60dBm = Good-80dBm = Meh-90dBm = Bad
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bull Not a linear relationship
bull Environment matters
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
53Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
54Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
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FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
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bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
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Operating Systems
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bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
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bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
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bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
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Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
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Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
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Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
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Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
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bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
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Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
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Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
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Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
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+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
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bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
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Beacons and Chips
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bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
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iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
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Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
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Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
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bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
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Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
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Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
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bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
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bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
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bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
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bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
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AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
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Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
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bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
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Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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Standards iBeacon
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iBeacon Logo on signage at a venue obtain an iBeacon logo license
httpsdeveloperapplecomibeacon apply for a license to use the iBeacon logo
iBeacon
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bull Set (or not) within beacon configuration utilities
bull First standardized by Open Software Foundation
bull UUIDs can be generated by using the uuidgen command line utility in OS X
Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)Identifies the iBeacon maker or application
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iBeacon Identification
Example D9B9EC1F-3925-43D0-80A9-1E39D4CEA95C Major 3 Minor 10
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Spoofingminus Mapped UUIDs + Major Minor numbers can be replayedminus Scavenger hunts from your deskminus Offers and incentives misappropriated
Loss of opportunity for analytics
Loss of control of user experience
Loss of value creation
iBeacon is unsecured
httpssvpplycomitem1306210Creepy_Blank_Female_Mask__Scary
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bull RSSI = Received Signal Strength Indicator
bull an abbreviation for the power ratio decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW)
bull 1 watt = 1000 mWbull 0 dBm corresponds to a power of 1
milliwatt
RSSIPower of the radio signal
-30dBm = Awesome-60dBm = Good-80dBm = Meh-90dBm = Bad
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bull Not a linear relationship
bull Environment matters
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
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bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
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bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
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FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
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bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
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Operating Systems
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bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
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bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
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bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
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Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
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Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
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Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
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Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
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bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
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Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
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Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
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Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
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+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
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bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
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bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
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iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
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Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
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Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
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bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
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AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
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Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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iBeacon Logo on signage at a venue obtain an iBeacon logo license
httpsdeveloperapplecomibeacon apply for a license to use the iBeacon logo
iBeacon
48Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Set (or not) within beacon configuration utilities
bull First standardized by Open Software Foundation
bull UUIDs can be generated by using the uuidgen command line utility in OS X
Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)Identifies the iBeacon maker or application
49Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon Identification
Example D9B9EC1F-3925-43D0-80A9-1E39D4CEA95C Major 3 Minor 10
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Spoofingminus Mapped UUIDs + Major Minor numbers can be replayedminus Scavenger hunts from your deskminus Offers and incentives misappropriated
Loss of opportunity for analytics
Loss of control of user experience
Loss of value creation
iBeacon is unsecured
httpssvpplycomitem1306210Creepy_Blank_Female_Mask__Scary
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bull RSSI = Received Signal Strength Indicator
bull an abbreviation for the power ratio decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW)
bull 1 watt = 1000 mWbull 0 dBm corresponds to a power of 1
milliwatt
RSSIPower of the radio signal
-30dBm = Awesome-60dBm = Good-80dBm = Meh-90dBm = Bad
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bull Not a linear relationship
bull Environment matters
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
53Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
54Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
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FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
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bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
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Operating Systems
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bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
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bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
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bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
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Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
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Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
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Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
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bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
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Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
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Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
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Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
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+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
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bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
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79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
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bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
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iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
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Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
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Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
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bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
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bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
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bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
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Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
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bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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bull Set (or not) within beacon configuration utilities
bull First standardized by Open Software Foundation
bull UUIDs can be generated by using the uuidgen command line utility in OS X
Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)Identifies the iBeacon maker or application
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iBeacon Identification
Example D9B9EC1F-3925-43D0-80A9-1E39D4CEA95C Major 3 Minor 10
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Spoofingminus Mapped UUIDs + Major Minor numbers can be replayedminus Scavenger hunts from your deskminus Offers and incentives misappropriated
Loss of opportunity for analytics
Loss of control of user experience
Loss of value creation
iBeacon is unsecured
httpssvpplycomitem1306210Creepy_Blank_Female_Mask__Scary
51Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull RSSI = Received Signal Strength Indicator
bull an abbreviation for the power ratio decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW)
bull 1 watt = 1000 mWbull 0 dBm corresponds to a power of 1
milliwatt
RSSIPower of the radio signal
-30dBm = Awesome-60dBm = Good-80dBm = Meh-90dBm = Bad
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bull Not a linear relationship
bull Environment matters
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
53Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
54Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
55Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
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bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
57Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Operating Systems
58Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
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bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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iBeacon Identification
Example D9B9EC1F-3925-43D0-80A9-1E39D4CEA95C Major 3 Minor 10
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Spoofingminus Mapped UUIDs + Major Minor numbers can be replayedminus Scavenger hunts from your deskminus Offers and incentives misappropriated
Loss of opportunity for analytics
Loss of control of user experience
Loss of value creation
iBeacon is unsecured
httpssvpplycomitem1306210Creepy_Blank_Female_Mask__Scary
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bull RSSI = Received Signal Strength Indicator
bull an abbreviation for the power ratio decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW)
bull 1 watt = 1000 mWbull 0 dBm corresponds to a power of 1
milliwatt
RSSIPower of the radio signal
-30dBm = Awesome-60dBm = Good-80dBm = Meh-90dBm = Bad
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bull Not a linear relationship
bull Environment matters
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
53Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
54Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
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FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
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bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
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Operating Systems
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bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
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bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
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bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
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Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
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Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
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Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
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Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
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bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
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Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
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Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
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Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
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+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
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bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
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Beacons and Chips
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bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
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iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
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Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
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Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
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bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
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Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
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Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
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bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
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bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
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bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
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bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
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AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
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Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
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bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
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Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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Spoofingminus Mapped UUIDs + Major Minor numbers can be replayedminus Scavenger hunts from your deskminus Offers and incentives misappropriated
Loss of opportunity for analytics
Loss of control of user experience
Loss of value creation
iBeacon is unsecured
httpssvpplycomitem1306210Creepy_Blank_Female_Mask__Scary
51Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull RSSI = Received Signal Strength Indicator
bull an abbreviation for the power ratio decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW)
bull 1 watt = 1000 mWbull 0 dBm corresponds to a power of 1
milliwatt
RSSIPower of the radio signal
-30dBm = Awesome-60dBm = Good-80dBm = Meh-90dBm = Bad
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bull Not a linear relationship
bull Environment matters
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
53Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
54Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
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FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
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bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
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Operating Systems
58Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
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bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
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Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
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Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
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Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
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bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
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Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
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Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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bull RSSI = Received Signal Strength Indicator
bull an abbreviation for the power ratio decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW)
bull 1 watt = 1000 mWbull 0 dBm corresponds to a power of 1
milliwatt
RSSIPower of the radio signal
-30dBm = Awesome-60dBm = Good-80dBm = Meh-90dBm = Bad
52Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Not a linear relationship
bull Environment matters
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
53Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
54Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
55Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
56Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
57Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Operating Systems
58Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
59Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
60Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
61Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
The Background is Important
62Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
63Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
64Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
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Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
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bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
52Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Not a linear relationship
bull Environment matters
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
53Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
54Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
55Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
56Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
57Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Operating Systems
58Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
59Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
60Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
61Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
The Background is Important
62Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
63Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
64Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
53Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Phone beacon OSs are all factors
bull Triangulation helps but doesnrsquot come out of the box
Distance Vs RSSI
httpwwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
54Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
55Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
56Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
57Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Operating Systems
58Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
59Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
60Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
61Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
63Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
64Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
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Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
54Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Timing of TX v sample frequency hopping and environmental factors result in fluctuations
bull Smoothing averaging helpsminus Introduces delay
bull Background processing is less accurate
Distance v RSSISignal fluctuation
wwwntenorgarticles2014science-experiment-a-semi-technical-lowdown-on-working-with-ibeacons
Rolling average of 3 seconds
55Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
56Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
57Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Operating Systems
58Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
59Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
60Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
61Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
The Background is Important
62Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
63Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
64Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
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iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
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Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
55Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
FrequencyHigher frequency is necessary to catch faster moving subjects
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bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
57Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Operating Systems
58Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
59Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
60Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
61Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
63Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
64Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
56Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Configure Estimote beacons UUID Major Minor signal strength frequency
bull Turn iPhone into beacon
ApplicationsEstimote
57Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Operating Systems
58Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
59Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
60Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
61Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
The Background is Important
62Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
63Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
64Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
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Beacons and Chips
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bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
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iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
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Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
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Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
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bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
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Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
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bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
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bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
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Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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Operating Systems
58Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
59Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
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bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
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Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
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Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
58Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Support of Bluetooth Smart hardware with proximity profile
bull Support for wearablesbull Balance
minus Battery use with responsivenessminus RSSI fidelity with smoothingminus Privacy management with opportunityminus Scheduling and exhuming background and killed processes with
resourcesminus Notifications with user experience
Role of the Mobile OS
59Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
60Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
61Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
The Background is Important
62Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
63Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
64Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
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Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
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Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
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bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
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Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
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bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
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bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
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Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
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Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
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bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
60Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
Immediate = 05m
Near = 2m
Far = 30m
Unknown
61Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
The Background is Important
62Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
63Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
64Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
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bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
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bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
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Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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The Background is Important
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iOS Notifications
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iOS Notifications
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bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
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Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
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iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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iOS Notifications
63Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iOS Notifications
64Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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iOS Notifications
64Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
64Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Signal strengthbull Frequency of broadcastbull Battery sizebull Beacon efficiency
Battery LifeBeacon battery life - considerations
Phone battery life may suffer
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
65Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Rotating MAC addressbull Indoor mapping wayfinding
minus httpsmapsconnectapplecom for venues interested in mapping
minus Floor locationbull Relevant apps on the lock screen based on
proximityminus Interaction within notifications
bull Opt-in for background location tracking
iOS 8Coming this Fall
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
66Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull filter on advertising packet attributes - service UUID and service data
bull duplicate in a battery efficient way the IOS capabilities of CLBeaconRegion
bull key attribute of IOSrsquos support for beacons bull efficiently scan in the background for beacons and show
a notification or trigger something in an app
Android supportComing in L - Lollipop ndash developer release
67Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
68Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Propagation and Placement
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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Support sinceiPhone 4S 2012 iOS 6
Android 42 Jelly Bean Mid 2013 Basic driver support
Version you really want
712 L release 45June 2014Efficient management of Bluetooth triggers
Mobile Operating System Support
Average phone replacement rate in the US ndash 2 years
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Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
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Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
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Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
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bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
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Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
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Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
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Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
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+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
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bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
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Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
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iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
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Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
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Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
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Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
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Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
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bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
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Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
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bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
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AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
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Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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Signal Propagation and Placement
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PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
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Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
69Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
PlacementTheft is an issue
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
70Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeTaming this thing can be harder than it looks
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
71Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal Shape
Typical dipole shape of the
electromagnetic field from a
beacon
72Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
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bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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bull BLE at 24 GHz is subject to attenuationminus Walls doors waterpeople
bull Implicationsminus Variations in visibility and trigger points
bull Mitigation minus Site survey calibration placement power
Signal Absorption
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Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
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Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
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+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
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79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
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bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
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Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
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Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
73Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal BounceUnexpected results can be avoided with care ndash closer triggers and site surveys
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
74Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal ShapeCan be problematic depending on use-case
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
75Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Signal shapeShielding Options
Trigger based on tap or Near-er
Additional shielding
Use the properties of the dispenser
People make great shields
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
76Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
+ bull Maximize coveragebull Minimize interferencebull Mitigate tampering - bull Lack of signal fidelitybull Cost of installation maintenance
ApplicationBeacon to confirm presence eg gas station canopy
Location LocationHeight has its advantages and disadvantages
20 foot ceiling
5 feet 5 feet
206 feet
77Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
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bull Display an interface that highlights information about nearby beacons
bull Let the user choose the item that would be most relevant to them
Dealing with ambiguityWhen its not clear which beacon to act on
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79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
78Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcomsignupskyeyeco
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
79Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacons and Chips
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
80Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Single Modeminus AMICCOMminus Cambridge Silicon Radiominus Nordic Semiconductorminus STMicroelectronicsminus Texas Instruments
bull Dual Modeminus Broadcom minus Qualcomm
Bluetooth Chipset VendorsBeacon vendors tend to use chipsets from third party vendors
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
81Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
iBeacon ArchitectureiBeacon with no cloud service
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
82Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeacon ArchitectureBeacon with cloud service
Beacon with cloud based resolution
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
83Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon ArchitectureCrowd sourcing find my hellip
Beacon with cloud based resolution
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
84Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Non-iBeaconUsing Hubs for find my
Beacon with cloud based resolution
Hub
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
85Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Criteria for beacon vendor selection
IMDb The Maltese Falcon (1941)httpwwwimdbcomrgem_sharetitle_webtitlett0033870ref=ext_shr_eml_tt
bull Power Battery bull Antenna design power
frequency controlsbull Embedded softwarebull Management toolsbull Packaging optionsbull Value added services and
softwarebull Ecosystem openness and
adoption of proprietary APIsbull Network strategybull Corporate viability bull Reliabilitybull Relationship with OS vendorsbull Support bull Responsivenessbull Costs and revenue
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
86Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon vendorsA small subset of the beacons available
PayPal
Apple
Gimbal EstimoteShopKick
Swirl ByteLight Radius Networks
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
88Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Beacon Vendors
Dolphin Ultrasonic Stick-n-Find Sonic Notify Tile
inMarket Kontakt GPShoper GeLo
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
89Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull WiFi and Bluetooth SMARTbull Modes iBeacon battery save or Mpact modebull Presence Zone and Position using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Smart to pinpoint the exact location of customer devices in relation to the merchandise they are looking atminus Bluetooth Smart beacons which transmit radio signals to
smart phonestablets can operate in various modes including Applersquos iBeaconreg
minus Applereg iOS and Androidreg client software development kits (SDK) for integration into loyalty applications for shopper smart phonestablets
minus An installation application and cloud-based server software with floor plan views shopper traffic flow insight with analytics and Bluetooth Smart beacon management capabilities
Beacons - Motorola SolutionsMPact
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
90Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus Development and support ndash Poland BD deployment - New York and Bay Area local executive in San
DiegoPricing
minus $99 developer pack of 3 beacons sticker beacons pack of 10 - volume pricing availablePros
minus Agile first mover ndash First to 20000 developer milestoneminus Elegant industrial design and user interfaceminus Started with open iOS only iBeacon SDK now offer proprietary API with many additional features
minus Private access accelerometer temperatureminus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus Have lagged in terms of back-end and network featuresminus Quality issues
Customers minus Virgin Airlines Air New Zealand Air France Harrods Google Los Angeles Tesco MampS hellip
Beacon VendorsEstimote
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
91Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Locationminus La Jolla
Pricing minus Free developer pack of 3 beacons ndash S10s $5 S20s $10-$20
Prosminus Broad context features ndash Interest Sensing GPS WiFi + BLEminus Built with the network in mind conditional access public network deployed in NYCminus Robust hardware multiple antenna hubs + big battery S20minus Work with multiple ad networks
Consminus High overhead thus aggressive revenue goals difficult to do business with
at timeminus S20s hard to getminus Designed by engineers for engineers Late on Android support
Customers minus Apple MLB NFL NHL Sea World SD Conference Center Staples Ctr
DHHS SXSW Tribeca Film Festival LACMA NY Metro London City Airport
Beacon VendorsGimbal (ex-Qualcomm)
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
92Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Detect beaconsbull Update beacon software and
configuration
Gimbal Beacon ManagerGimbal Inc
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
93Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Register your Beaconminus Go to wwwgimbalcom - Developerminus Register as a developerminus Open your beaconminus Go to Proximityminus Click on Register beacon at a Gimbal Beacon
bull Experiment with minus Measure the signal strength and temperature in My Beacons on
the appminus Make the signal Red Amber and Green
Gimbal Beacon ManagerExercise
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
94Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
95Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
Security
Inventory Location
Management
Battery Manageme
nt
Analytics
Metadata Manageme
nt
Configuration Management
Advertising
Brokering
Conditional Access
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
96Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Inventory type and locationbull Battery monitoringbull Software version trackingbull Software update pushesbull Changing parameters signal strength frequencybull Healthbull Approach
minus Crowd sourcing monitoringminus Over The Air Updates Vs Physical Vs WiFi Hubminus Lack of integration with other management tools eg SNMP MIB
Beacon ManagementLogical
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
97Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Deploymentminus Battery devices mitigate union issuesminus USBPLC powered devices becoming more
common
bull Maintenanceminus Consider physical maintenance battery
replacementminus Be skeptical about battery lifetime claimsminus Some beacons considered disposable minus Rapid evolution of hardware ndash Expense
rather than capitalize
Beacon ManagementPhysical
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
98Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
AnalyticsiBeacon ndash The ldquoanalytics tool almost completely devoid of hellip analyticsrdquo
ldquoWherersquos the beefrdquo
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
99Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Bluetooth BeaconsDigital Cookies in the Physical World
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
103Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Computer vision is very effective at tracking movements in stores
bull But it doesnrsquot distinguish between staff and employees
bull Giving a beacon to employees and using hubs to triangulate can make the movement data more useful
Removing Employees from Machine Vision AnalyticsEnriching data
httpwwwbusinessinsidercomhow-retailers-track-shoppers-in-heat-maps-2014-1httpswwwprismskylabscom
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
104Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Type Description ExampleBeacon Dashboard High level activity monitoring Gimbal Dashboard QlickViewCampaign management tools Urban AirshipRetail Analytics Multi-technology ndash Vision BLE
WiFiRetailNext BrickTrends Scopix Prism Skylabs
Specialist Beacon Analytics Works with third party hardware
Lighthouse Phunware
Ad network analytics Dashborads that show advertising metrics
iAD Adwords
General Purpose Analytics OLAP data warehouse data mining tools
SAS SAPBusiness Objects MicroStrategy EMC Oracle IBM (Cognos SPSS)
Types of Analytics CompaniesSpecialist tool providers
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
105Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
Data ware housingEnsure you have a strategy for mining the data
FactsApp registrations
Active usersMessages sent
Messages openedApp opens
VisitsDwell timeConversion
TimeYears
PlaceLocation name
BeaconGeofence
Hierarchy of placesHierarchy of organizations
Proximity to the above
PeopleSegmentationDemographics
106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
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106Statler Consulting stevestatler wwwstatlerconsultingcom
bull Orientation amp Marketbull Core Concepts
minus Standardsminus The Operating Systemminus Signal and Placementminus Beaconsminus Hands-onminus Analytics
bull Networksbull Alternative Technologiesbull Applicationsbull Strategy
Structure
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-
Intermission
- An Introduction to Bluetooth Beacon Technology Architecture
- Introductions ndash Steve Statler
- Slide 3
- Role hopes fears
- Structure
- Stop me if needed
- Orientation
- A Simple Beacon
- Amazing experiences from simple building blocks
- Therersquos more to these bricks hellip
- Under the Hood + The User Experience
- Why Beacons
- Digital Physical Convergence
- Digital Physical Convergence (2)
- Digital Physical Convergence (3)
- Digital Physical Convergence (4)
- Digital Physical Convergence (5)
- Digital Physical Convergence (6)
- Digital Physical Convergence (7)
- Digital Physical Convergence (8)
- Why Bluetooth Beacons
- Applications
- Applications (2)
- Vision
- Vision (2)
- Vision (3)
- Vision (4)
- Vision (5)
- Maturity - Congratulations
- Land Rush
- Smartphone ownership in 2014
- Smartphone Usage
- Smartphones are part of shopping
- OS Market Share
- OS Fragmentation
- Smartphones Usage
- Beacon System Framework
- Core Concepts
- Standards
- Lots of Bluetooth devices
- Ten of thousands of Bluetooth products
- History
- Bluetooth 40 Standard
- Bluetooth 40
- Bluetooth Smart
- Standards (2)
- iBeacon
- Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- iBeacon Identification
- iBeacon is unsecured
- RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI
- Distance Vs RSSI (2)
- Distance v RSSI
- Frequency
- Applications (3)
- Operating Systems
- Role of the Mobile OS
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown
- Ranging Immediate Near Far and Unknown (2)
- The Background is Important
- iOS Notifications
- iOS Notifications (2)
- Battery Life
- iOS 8
- Android support
- Mobile Operating System Support
- Signal Propagation and Placement
- Placement
- Signal shape
- Signal Shape
- Signal Absorption
- Signal Bounce
- Signal Shape (2)
- Signal shape (2)
- Location Location
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Slide 78
- Beacons and Chips
- Bluetooth Chipset Vendors
- iBeacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon Architecture
- Beacon Architecture
- Non-iBeacon
- Criteria for beacon vendor selection
- Beacon vendors
- Slide 87
- Beacon Vendors
- Beacons - Motorola Solutions
- Beacon Vendors (2)
- Beacon Vendors (3)
- Gimbal Beacon Manager
- Gimbal Beacon Manager (2)
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end
- Donrsquot Forget the Back-end (2)
- Beacon Management
- Beacon Management (2)
- Analytics
- Slide 99
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (2)
- Gimbalrsquos vision of Analytics (3)
- Removing Employees from Machine Vision Analytics
- Types of Analytics Companies
- Data ware housing
- Structure (2)
- Slide 107
-