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>> "iBeacon is a specifically licensed "technology" from Apple" Any sources on this? I thought that was just Apple's name for their own BLE API's. i.e. iBeacon
by k-mcgrady 12y ago
>> "iBeacon is a specifically licensed "technology" from Apple"
Any sources on this? I thought that was just Apple's name for their own BLE API's. i.e. iBeacon is their marketing term for BLE.
- personZ 12y agohttp://beekn.net/2014/07/ibeacon-for-android/ http://beekn.net/2014/07/ibeacon-for-android/ iBeacon is some interaction standards atop BLE, and early on everyone assuaged themselves that it was safe and open -- because it's just some BLE interactions -- but Apple has it covered by trademarks, patents (similar to Microsoft's ActiveSync patents, as an aside. It's just a web service, but use it in certain ways and you're at risk of a patent suit) and marketing.
- bdowling 12y agohttps://developer.apple.com/ibeacon/ https://developer.apple.com/ibeacon/