BeaconBabe

Meet your Valentine while you shop

Introduction

BeaconBabe is an iBeacon Matching app that bring two people together

while they shop

Shopping should be fun, people love discount. BeaconBabe guides two potential candidates to meet

each other in the shop.When they buy the same item together, they will have

the special discount.

Top 3 places to meet your Valentine

Grocery Stores

Bookstores

Coffee Shops

The flow

Registration1. User installs the

BeaconBabe App2. Type in his/her name, age,

gender,…

Shop Floor Plan

The flowWhen he/she (Named: User

A) enters the shop1. Server will be noticed

his/her present (Door iBeacon)

Note: we have iOS and Android Version

The flowWhen User A pass the Hidden

iBeacon1. Send him/her a promotion

item notification2. User A can click it if he/she is

interested in that item.(Assume User A is interested in item

XYZ.)

The flow

When another user (Named: User B) enters the shop

1. Server will be noticed his/her present. (Door iBeacon)

The flowWhen User B pass the Hidden

iBeacon1. Send him/her a promotion

item notification2. User B can click which items

he/she is interested in that item.

(Assume User B is interested in item XYZ.)

The flowServer is now have two Users that are

both interested in the promotion item.

1. Server will run the matching algorithm.

2. If User A and B match, server will send a notification to User A and also to User B. The notification says if he/she goes to the XYZ shelf at that time, they will get certain discount.

(Note: User A and B will use polling in our project)

The flowWhen User A and User B arrive the XYZ

shelf at that time1. Server will send User A a QR code

and server will also send User B another QR code.

2. If they both buy the XYZ item and show their QR codes at the cashier, they will receive the discount.

(Note: User A and B will use polling in our project)

Hardware Detail: RSSI

RSSI is the reliable dataFrom our experimentReally close, RSSI is -50dBm1m, RSSI is -67dBm2-3m, RSSI is about -70dBmNot signal, RSSI is 0dBmWe define -65dBm as the boundary.

Team members

Matthew ChiuSunny CheungEdward FungNiko ChiuAndy Kong