Integrating Bluetooth-Low Energy to Support Visitor Recommendation and Space Management

Bluetooth-low energy or beacon is implemented widely in indoor for tracking and location-based service. Beacon is introduced to use in the museum to deliver content regarding a particular location. However, the management of indoor spaces and the system to support such technology are varied by different purposes and contexts. This research shows our experience on applying the beacon into the IT museum to support visitor recommendation and space management. We discussed some advantages and needs of using the beacon technology in the IT museum. We conducted an experiment to evaluate whether installing and managing of the beacon technology is appropriate and sufficient to support the visitor recommendation and the space management. Also, the space management box implemented by Raspberry Pi is presented for tracking RSSI of the beacons and for location-based discovery of the exhibits in the museum. With the proposed technology and management, the curator is able to monitor an entire status of the beacons in the space and to look for the exhibits easily.