what are "virtual beacons"?
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Virtual beacons
@Lime_CompanyLime
at Lime Connect for Places
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Contents
• Virtual vs. physical beacons
• How do virtual beacons work?
• Virtual beacons at Lime Connect
• Use-cases for virtual beacons
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Virtual vs. physical beacons
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Virtual beacon Physical beacon
• GPS coordinates and radius
• Uses location services
• Accuracy - 200m
• Max. range - unlimited
• No instalation cost
• iBeacon device identifiers
• Uses Bluetooth signal
• Accuracy - 0.1m
• Max. range - 20m (in average)
• Installation, charging and securing
required
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How do virtualbeacons work?
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• App regularly fetches virtual beacons nearby and monitors regions they define
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Virtual beacon AVirtual beacon B (too far)
Whenever device location changes significantly, device asks for virtual beacons near its GPS coordinate and starts monitoring the regions they define using geofencing.
GPS coordinate
Virtual beacon A
monitor virtual beacon A
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• Whenever a region is entered or exited, app asks our cloud service for content
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Device recognizes if a region defined with virtual beacon was entered or exited.
Device sends a request to the cloud service using the virtual beacon identifier, receives the relevant content.
ProximityVirtual beacon A
Content A
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• Mobile application displays the content associated with given virtual beacon.
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Virtual beaconsat Lime Connect
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Virtual beacon support
• Definition and overview of virtual beacons
• Create content rules and campaigns
• Detailed analytics for virtual beacons
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Physical beacon (iBeacon)
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Virtual beacon (geofence)
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Use-cases forvirtual beacons
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Use virtual beacons …
• When covering large regions (>200m)
• Where physical beacons can’t be installed
• To extend coverage of physical beacons
• As a budget friendly place tagging
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Examples …
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Airports or large bus / railway stations
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Covering country borders, regions or whole cities
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Shopping malls and shopping galleries
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Small cities with a single venue to cover or with low population density