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I'm not quite sure why you'd need all those layers of misdirection, this eliminates all of the complexity. If the platform knows a region in space is tied to an
by csuwldcat 12y ago
I'm not quite sure why you'd need all those layers of misdirection, this eliminates all of the complexity. If the platform knows a region in space is tied to an origin - like a Target store is tied to target.com - you have everything you need to enable seamless push notifications directly from the beacons.
Here's how the system works:
1) User walks into the store and receives the first ping from a beacon (or other location-based trigger)
2) The platform/UA shows a bit of UI asking the user if they would like to receive LBT content from the entity - for example, Target.com.
3) There are 3 options: disallow, allow for this location (aka: "Just this Target store location"), or allow for all locations (as in: "Allow notifications from all Target store locations"
4) After selecting to see notifications for the location, or all the entity's locations, the user no longer needs to do anything, they just receive content directly from beacons within the location.
This eliminates the need for every app to listen for beacons, and beacons can now pass content URLs, which the platform/UA can open directly. This way, there is no vendor or walled garden dependencies. The system grows organically, and scales without micromanagement.
Do you understand how that works? I can try to answer any other questions you may have.
- chrischen 12y agoThat would not work because someone could throw a bunch of third party beacons in the target store constantly asking for permission requests. And in a more likely scenario, walking down a crowded street would trigger endless pairing requests.