Sentence examples for beacons to track from inspiring English sources
In 2015, according to leaked emails published by the UK parliament, the team behind a particular version of location-based advertising, which used Bluetooth "beacons" to track users' shopping habits without resorting to uploading GPS data, was particularly concerned about appearing "scary".
So began a test run for a game of Pac-Manhattan, a real-world version of the 1980's video game played on the streets of New York and the latest example of a so-called "big game": a contest that uses wireless devices like cellphones and global positioning beacons to track players as they move through the urban grid, turning cities into vast game boards.
By 2015, companies like Macy's, Target, Walgreens and Best Buy were all using beacons to track users and boost sales.
"You can use Kontakt's beacons to track valuables in the warehouse or any premises, during transportation, trigger alarms if something (or someone) moves where it is not supposed to".
A few of its instruments continued to collect data about the solar wind and dust particles in the interplanetary emptiness, and a beacon allowed scientists to track its movements through space.
Beacons can be used to track valuable property for improved asset management.
Therefore, on receipt of the acknowledge message to the GTS request, the device continues to track beacons and wait for, at most, aGTSDescPersistenceTime superframes.
More retailers are using cameras, beacons and other technologies to track how shoppers move through their stores, primarily to understand the shopper journey and to optimize the physical retail environment.
In 2007, Facebook launched a service called Beacon that was designed to track users' activity on external sites and deliver more targeted ads.
Ideally, the device will be able to track multiple beacons, and display direction and distance of each beacon relative to current position of the receiver.
The beacon communicates with the phone to track whether the user is inside or outside the home.
