A method of direction finding (DF) positioning based on a simplified antenna platform format in a wireless communication network is proposed. A receiver receives antenna platform format information of a transmitter having multiple antenna elements. The antenna platform format information comprises an antenna platform format indicator, antenna platform position and orientation information, a number of antenna elements, and switching delay, phase center, and polarization information for each antenna element. The receiver receives a plurality of direction finding sounding signals transmitted from the transmitter via the multiple antenna elements. The receiver performs a DF algorithm based on the plurality of DF sounding signals and the antenna platform format information and thereby estimating a DF solution. Finally, the receiver determines its own location information based on the estimated DF solution.

A system and method for identifying a person's location at a school, hotel, office, business, restaurant or other venue and tracking the movements of that person during their visit to the venue. One or more wireless virtual beacons communicate with the person's electronic device. The virtual beacons provide the system with real-time data about the person's whereabouts, allowing for the confirmation and tracking of the person at the location. A first non-limiting example of use, include a company that provides food and beverage allowing the person to place an order for food and beverages on their electronic device and having the order delivered to the person at their current location as determined by the system. Another non-limiting example includes a company performing analytics on the time and movement of it's employees and customers.

A system and method for identifying a person's location at a school, hotel, office, business, restaurant or other venue and tracking the movements of that person during their visit to the venue. One or more wireless virtual beacons communicate with the person's electronic device. The virtual beacons provide the system with real-time data about the person's whereabouts, allowing for the confirmation and tracking of the person at the location. A first non-limiting example of use, include a company that provides food and beverage allowing the person to place an order for food and beverages on their electronic device and having the order delivered to the person at their current location as determined by the system. Another non-limiting example includes a company performing analytics on the time and movement of it's employees and customers.

A system employs data taken from monitor devices and applies that data to video games, arcade games, computer games and the like (collectively a game) to personalize the game to real ability and persons. For example, when a monitor device is used to capture airtime (and e.g., heart rate) of a snowboarder, that data is downloaded to a database for a game and used to limit how a game competitor plays the game. In this way, a snowboard game player can compete against world-class athletes, and others, with some level of realism provided by the real data used in the game.

A system employs data taken from monitor devices and applies that data to video games, arcade games, computer games and the like (collectively a game) to personalize the game to real ability and persons. For example, when a monitor device is used to capture airtime (and e.g., heart rate) of a snowboarder, that data is downloaded to a database for a game and used to limit how a game competitor plays the game. In this way, a snowboard game player can compete against world-class athletes, and others, with some level of realism provided by the real data used in the game.

The user equipment (UE) of an antenna orientation detection system may receive a first set of beacon signals via an antenna at the UE. Each of the first set of beacon signals may be associated with a corresponding indication of an expected beacon location. The UE may calculate an orientation of the antenna based on the first set of beacon signals. The UE may change at least one of a position, the orientation, or a direction of the antenna and receive a second set of beacon signals. The UE may calculate at least one of a set of interfering condition parameters, a set of spoofing condition parameters, or a set of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) condition parameters based on the first set of beacon signals and the second set of beacon signals.

The user equipment (UE) of an antenna orientation detection system may receive a first set of beacon signals via an antenna at the UE. Each of the first set of beacon signals may be associated with a corresponding indication of an expected beacon location. The UE may calculate an orientation of the antenna based on the first set of beacon signals. The UE may change at least one of a position, the orientation, or a direction of the antenna and receive a second set of beacon signals. The UE may calculate at least one of a set of interfering condition parameters, a set of spoofing condition parameters, or a set of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) condition parameters based on the first set of beacon signals and the second set of beacon signals.

Each of plural image forming apparatuses 2-1 to 2-N transmits a beacon signal including a device ID. Each of plural user terminal apparatuses 1-1 to 1-M determines a user ID of a user 101-i who currently uses it, receives the beacon signal transmitted from an image forming apparatus 2-j, and transmits to a mapping processing apparatus mapping information that associates the user ID and the device ID in the received beacon signal. Further, the mapping processing apparatus receives the mapping information on each user, determines a user associated by the mapping information with each image forming apparatus 2-j among the plural image forming apparatuses 2-1 to 2-M, and generates map data in which the determined user is associated with each image forming apparatus 2-j.

Each of plural image forming apparatuses 2-1 to 2-N transmits a beacon signal including a device ID. Each of plural user terminal apparatuses 1-1 to 1-M determines a user ID of a user 101-i who currently uses it, receives the beacon signal transmitted from an image forming apparatus 2-j, and transmits to a mapping processing apparatus mapping information that associates the user ID and the device ID in the received beacon signal. Further, the mapping processing apparatus receives the mapping information on each user, determines a user associated by the mapping information with each image forming apparatus 2-j among the plural image forming apparatuses 2-1 to 2-M, and generates map data in which the determined user is associated with each image forming apparatus 2-j.

A personal items network, comprising a plurality of items, each item having a wireless communications port for coupling in network with every other item, each item having a processor for determining if any other item in the network is no longer linked to the item, each item having an indicator for informing a user that an item has left the network, wherein a user may locate lost items. A method for locating lost personal items, comprising: linking at least two personal items together on a network; and depositing one or both of time and location information in an unlost item when one of the items is lost out of network.