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A new world of possibilities for contextual awareness with beacons

Dan Ciprian Ardelean

CTO Mahiz S.r.l.Twitter: @danardelean Email: dan.ardelean@mahiz.itMicrosoft MVP Windows Platform DevelopmentXamarin Certified Mobile Developer

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• What is a BLE beacon

• The Apple Way

• The Google Way

• The Microsoft Way

Agenda

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WHAT IS AN BLE BEACON

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WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU WANT TO START SELLING SOMETHING?

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Bluetooth Low Energy Advertising

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Battery life

http://www.aislelabs.com/reports/beacon-guide/

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Bluetooth Low Energy Advertising Package

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WE DON’T NEED TO CONNECT TO RECOGNIZE THE DEVICE

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Beacon

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Proximity Zones

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–Retail Industry–Hospitality Industry– Tourism and tourist attractions– Education Industry– Travel–Personal

We need a CONTEXT

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THE APPLE WAYMY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY

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Bluetooth Low Energy Advertising Package

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iBEACON

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• Core Location Framework–CLLocationManager

–CLBeaconRegion

–CLBeacon

iBeacon Api

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THE GOOGLE WAYOPEN SOURCE

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• UID: Unique Identifier• EDI: Ephemeral Identifier• TLM: Telemetry• URL: A short URL

Eddystone

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Eddystone

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Eddystone EID

https://github.com/google/eddystone/blob/master/eddystone-eid/eid-computation.md

FrameType0x301B

10 bytes

Powerat0m1B

EIDEphemeralIdentifier

8B

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• App iOS and Android: Beacon Tools• Beacons Dashboard - web• Supported Beacons:

• EddyStone• iBeacon• AltBeacon

• Google Play Services Nearby Api

The power of the cloud

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Project Console

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Beacons Dashboard

https://developers.google.com/beacons/dashboard/

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Beacons Dashboard

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• Estimote SDK• Android Beacon Library (AltBeacon)• …

3rd Party SDK

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THE MICROSOFT WAYYOUR STANDARD SHOULD WORK

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• BluetoothLEAdvertisementWatcher

• BluetoothLEAdvertisementWatcherTrigger

Low Level API

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Q & A