Preview: Proximity Awareness with Beacons John "JT" Thomas - Embarcadero Technologies Tuesday, March 10, 2015 In this this Developer Skill Sprint, JT previews Beacon proximity based programming using RAD Studio. Although this video shares an upcoming feature in the next major release, don't wait! You can buy XE7 now and get the next major release for free! Find out how at http://www.embarcadero.com/radoffer#freeUS What are Beacons? Beacons are small transmitting devices. They transmit a radio signal on some preset interval to send some basic information. They typically use low energy BlueTooth (AKA Smart BlueTooth or BlueTooth LE). What do Beacons do? A Beacon provides proximity and identification information. More specifically, a Beacon informs a mobile app how close it is to it by way of its signal strength. A Beacon also provides identification information - UUID, Major ID, & Minor ID What can you do with Beacons? Your app can: 1) Know when it within proximity of a beacon and enters/exits its range (Limited to BLE range), 2) Determine how close it is to a beacon (based on signal strength), 3) Know the identify of the beacon (UUID, Major ID, Minor ID) and 4) Take some action based on “seeing” the beacon. Blog post by Brian Alexakis - http://community.embarcadero.com/index.php/blogs/entry/rad-studio-to-support-beacons iBeacon - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202880 AltBeacon - http://altbeacon.org/ You can find the full Developer Skill Sprints YouTube playlist at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwUPJvR9mZHhZTajVWsgaFPLtDA-t1Xwc

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Preview: Proximity Awareness
with Beacons
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John “JT” Thomas, Dir. Of Dev Products
March 10th, 2015
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What are Beacons?
• Beacons are small
transmitting devices
• They transmit a radio
signal on some preset
interval to send some
basic information
• The typically use low
energy BlueTooth
• AKA Smart BlueTooth
or BlueTooth LE

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What do Beacons do?
• A Beacon provides
proximity and identification
information
• More specifically, a Beacon
informs a mobile app how
close it is to it by way of its
signal strength
• A Beacon also provides
identification information
• UUID, Major ID, & Minor ID

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What can you do with Beacons?
• Your app can:
– Know when it within proximity of a beacon and
enters/exits its range
• Limited to BLE range
– Determine how close it is to a beacon
• Based on signal strength
– Know the identify of the beacon
• UUID, Major, Minor
– Take some action based on “seeing” the beacon

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Sample Retail Use Case

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Minority Report
• The future of mall shopping with customer tracking and personalized advertising as envisioned in
the Minority Report
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ_obaiYQ

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TBeacon

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DEMONSTRATION
Using TBeacon to find Promixity to a Beacon

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Radius Networks USB Beacon
Connected to my MacBook
Build a 64-bit iOS app with a
TBeacon to discover my proximity
to this beacon
Read its UUID, Major ID, and Minor
ID
Calculate my distance based on its
signal strength

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