MacIT 2014
- 1. Using iBeacons and Proximity in Your Organization Timothy Perfitt tperfitt@twocanoes.com
- 2. The What • The Basics • Deep Dive • Security • Fun Demos
- 3. The Basics
- 4. TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW IBEACON Bluetooth Low Energy Advertise only No backend, no content
- 5. TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW IDENTIFIERS Organization (UUID) Store (Major) Department (Minor)
- 11. IDENTIFIERS UUID: 128-bit value guaranteed to be unique over both space and time ! Major Number: 0-65535 Minor Number: 0-65535
- 12. CALIBRATION Distance is based on signal strength and calibrated at 1 Meter
- 13. SACKS OF WATER People are big sacks of water
- 15. UPDATES iOS 7.1
- 16. BATTERY LIFE Test. Then decide.
- 17. DEPLOYMENT Boots on the ground.
- 18. Security
- 19. SECURITY UUIDs are hard to guess, but easy to find out
- 20. SECURITY Friends don’t let friends protect resources with iBeacon
- 22. Current Deployments • Loyalty / Retail • Web to Brick and Mortar • Museum Tours • Conference Check-in • Sporting Events • Home Automation
- 23. Demos
- 24. Questions?