Beacon is an in door positioning system provided
by Apple based on BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) technology.
Smart devices, such as iPhone or Android phone can detect
advertising signals sent by the low energy consumption tiny
device. Notifications will be pushed automatically to the user
when smart device with iBeacon Apps come to certain areas. It
provides promising and portfolio usage scenarios for business,
such as retail stores, to push related information about
customers’ interested items with the awareness of customers’
location. This technology also can be used in museum scenario. In
this research, we described the principle of iBeacon, and
addressed a design of interaction system between visitors and
collections supported by iBeacon technology