macit 2014

Using iBeacons and Proximity in Your Organization

Timothy Perfitt tperfitt@twocanoes.com

The What

• The Basics

• Deep Dive

• Security

• Fun Demos

The Basics

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW IBEACON

Bluetooth Low EnergyAdvertise only

No backend, no content

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW IDENTIFIERS

Organization (UUID)Store (Major)

Department (Minor)

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW DISTANCE

150 ft

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW RANGING

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW LOCATION AWARENESS

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW LOCATION AWARENESS

Deep Dive (best practices)

IDENTIFIERS

UUID: 128-bit value guaranteed to be unique over both space and time

!

Major Number: 0-65535 Minor Number: 0-65535

CALIBRATION

Distance is based on signal strength and

calibrated at 1 Meter

SACKS OF WATER

People are big sacks of water

RANGING

Immediate Near Far

UPDATES

iOS 7.1

BATTERY LIFE

Test. Then decide.

DEPLOYMENT

Boots on the ground.

Security

SECURITY

UUIDs are hard to guess, but easy to find

out

SECURITY

Friends don’t let friends protect resources with

iBeacon

Current Deployments

Current Deployments• Loyalty / Retail

• Web to Brick and Mortar

• Museum Tours

• Conference Check-in

• Sporting Events

• Home Automation

Demos

Questions?