Devices, systems, and methods for navigation and usage guidance in a navigable space using wireless communication

Abstract

A system for usage guidance using wireless communication includes a portable computing device, wherein the portable computing device is designed and configured to receive a signal from a first transmitter, parse the signal for at least a textual element, identify, in a first data structure, a first location and a second location of the signal, retrieve, from a second data structure, a usage data, and generate identifier-specific usage guidance as a function of the first location and the second location of the signal and the usage data. The system includes a user output component coupled to the portable computing device, wherein the user output component is configured to provide the identifier-specific usage guidance to a user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for usage guidance using wireless communication, the system comprising:
 a portable computing device, wherein the portable computing device is designed and configured to:
 receive a signal from a first transmitter, parse the signal for at least a textual element; 
 identify, in a first data structure, a first location and a second location of the signal; 
 retrieve, from a second data structure, a usage data; and 
 generate identifier-specific usage guidance as a function of the first location and the second location of the signal and the usage data; and 
   a user output component coupled to the portable computing device, wherein the user output component is configured to provide the identifier-specific usage guidance to a user.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the signal comprises a unique identifier. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the signal comprises wayfinding data in addition to the unique identifier. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein identifying the first location and the second location of the signal comprises linking the unique identifier to a map of a navigable space in the first data structure. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the map comprises a virtual map. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the first data structure comprises a representation of the navigable space. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a second transmitter, wherein the first transmitter is located at a location of the navigable space and the second transmitter is in a possession of a user. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the location of the navigable space comprises a non-fixed location. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first transmitter comprises a passive transmitter. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the first transmitter comprises an interrogator, wherein the interrogator is configured to receive the signal generated by the passive transmitter. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first transmitter comprises one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors comprises a user presence sensor. 
     
     
         12 . A method of navigation and usage guidance in navigable space, the method comprising:
 receiving, using a wireless receiver, a first signal from a transmitter at a first location in a navigable space;   parsing, using a portable computing device, the first signal for at least a textual element;   extracting, using the portable computing device and from the textual element, a unique identifier of the transmitter;   identifying, by the portable computing device, the first location in a first data structure by linking the unique identifier to the first location;   determining, as a function of the first location, a location of the user; and   providing, using a user output component coupled to the portable computing device, the location of the user.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein extracting the unique identifier of the transmitter comprises extracting wayfinding data, wherein the wayfinding data comprises a space type of the navigable space. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:
 retrieving, by the portable computing device, from a second data structure, usage data; and   generating, by the portable computing device, a usage sequence for using a user feature, as a function of the location of the user, a second location, and the usage data.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein generating the usage sequence further comprises:
 determining a group that the user belongs to as a function of the user identifier; and   generating the usage sequence as a function of the group.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the first location comprises a surface feature, wherein the surface feature is used as a reference point to navigate the navigable space. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the portable computing device comprises data indicating a degree of the navigable space, wherein the degree of the navigable space comprises a level 1 location. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein providing the location of the user comprises linking the unique identifier to a map of the navigable space, wherein the map comprises a virtual map. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the first data structure comprises a representation of the navigable space, wherein the representation of the navigable space comprises path data comprising a list of points. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein providing the location of the user comprises displaying the location of the user using a directional arrow.