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PayPal Beacon
and Apple iBeacon
By Chitpong Wuttanan
Update 25 Oct 2013

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Agenda
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What’s Beacon
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
PayPal Beacon
Apple iBeacon
References

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What’s Beacon
Beacon
Bluetooth
(Bluetooth Low Energy
BLE)
Apple
Estimote
2012
iBeacon, PayPal Beacon
2013
Beacon
PayPal,

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What’s Beacon
Beacon
[n.]
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Synonym): guide, warning
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Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

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Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Bluetooth low energy is a wireless computer network technology, It's intended to
provide considerably reduced power consumption and lower cost
• Include in Bluetooth V.4.0+
• Geo-fence (in door navigator)
• Support Peer-to-Peer, WPAN
• Low power consumption
• Low cost
• Speed for setup time
• Security than classic Bluetooth
• Multi-vendor interoperability
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BLE have an 2 types
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Bluetooth Smart Ready indicates a dual-mode device,typically a laptop or smartphone, whose hardware is compatible with
both Classic and LE Bluetooth peripherals.
Mobile Phone
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Portable Media Player
Computer Laptop
Tablet
Bluetooth Smart indicates an LE-only device, typically a battery-operated sensor, which requires either a SMART Ready or
another SMART device in order to function.
Pet activity tracker
Sports tracker
Heart rate monitor
Mouse

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PayPal Beacon
PayPal Beacon

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What’s PayPal Beacon
PayPal announced a new device called Beacon today that enables people to pay for
products in physical retail stores using their mobile phones.
• Uses Bluetooth Low Energy
(BLE)
• Geo-fence (in door navigator)
• Automatically connecting the
buyer and seller
• Work with PayPal Application
• Beacon rolls out in 2014.

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PayPal Beacon, Implementation Simulation
Instead of using wallet
1. Forgot or not keep your wallet
2. Using PayPal Beacon for check-in and pay
when arrive at store

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PayPal Beacon, Implementation Simulation
Special Offer, when near stores area
1. Live near store area, receive special offer and
order it
2. Arrive at store in an Beacon zone, it’s check-in
to pay automatically

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PayPal Beacon, Implementation Simulation
Swipe to self-Checkout
1. Go to store and choosing
products for purchase
2. Use PayPal Beacon and pay
by yourself via PayPal Application

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PayPal Beacon, Implementation Simulation
Order before and check-in to pay
1. Order products on website
and go out to store
2. Arrive at store in an Beacon zone, it’s check-in
to pay automatically

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PayPal Beacon, Implementation Simulation
Auto check-in for using service
Arrive at store in an Beacon zone, it’s check-in for
confirm using service

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Apple iBeacon
Apple iBeacon

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Overview of Apple iBeacon
Apple's new iBeacons feature for iOS 7 implements a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) profile
for micro-location, enabling a series of new geo-fencing capabilities for app developers.
• Uses Bluetooth Low Energy
(BLE)
• Geo-fence (in door navigator)
• Include on iPhone4+
• Available on iOS7+
• Now, is a secret feature, but
provide for developer only

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iBeacon scenario
Describes the following finding product scenario, set in a Macy's store
Finding product
1. Customer walk into a Macy's
with an iPhone 5s (comes
with iOS 7 and iBeacon).
2. Customer’s iPhone is entering
into Macy's iBeacon region.
3. Use iBeacon for in-door
navigator to find some
product

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iBeacon scenario
Describes the following alert special offers scenario, set in a Macy's store
Alert special offers
1. Customer walk into a Macy's
with an iPhone 5s (comes
with iOS 7 and iBeacon).
2. Customer’s iPhone is entering
into Macy's iBeacon region.
3. iBeacon transmit special
offer/discount coupons to
Customer’s iPhone
4. Customer walking directions
to an item is located

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iBeacon scenario
Describes the following Full usage scenario, set in a Macy's store
Alert special offers and
Mobile POS
1. Customer walk into a Macy's
with an iPhone 5s (comes
with iOS 7 and iBeacon).
2. Customer’s iPhone is entering
into Macy's iBeacon region.
3. iBeacon transmit special
offer/discount coupons to
Customer’s iPhone
4. Customer walking directions
to an item is located
5. Customer can swipe to pay
items via Mobile POS
Application

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Thank You

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Reference

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Security mode with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
The Bluetooth Low Energy Serial Port Adapters supports 5 security modes
• Security Disable
– no pairing is needed and the module will accept all connections.
• Fixed Pin
– a passkey will be used to authenticate. (AT*AGFP2 command)
• Just Works
– basically just means that pairing is by default disabled. To pair, pairing must be enabled
and during this time all pairing attempts will succeed.
(Please note that if the Just Works mode is set, pairing is automatically disabled. This means that even if security is
then set another mode, pairing is still disabled.)
• Display Only
– used by a device if the other device uses Keyboard Only. The display side (e.g. PC) displays
a passkey that must be entered on the keyboard side. The host of the display side get the
*AGUPD event when it is time to display a passkey.
• Keyboard Only
– a passkey will be used to authenticate. (AT*AGUPE command)

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What difference of BLE and Bluetooth
BLE is less distance/range and data transfer, but reduce time to connect and power
consumption, network connection can using one-to-one or one-to-many (like Wi-Fi)
Technical Specification
Classic Bluetooth technology
Bluetooth low energy technology
Distance/Range
Over the air data rate
100 m (330 ft)
1–3 Mbit/s
50 m (160 ft)
1 Mbit/s
Application throughput
0.7–2.1 Mbit/s
0.27 Mbit/s
Security
56/128-bit and application layer user defined
Robustness
Latency (from a non-connected
state)
Total time to send data
(det.battery life)
Voice capable
Network topology
Power consumption
128-bit AES with Counter Mode CBC-MAC and application
layer user defined
Adaptive frequency hopping, Lazy Acknowledgement, 24Adaptive fast frequency hopping, FEC, fast ACK
bit CRC, 32-bit Message Integrity Check
Typically 100 ms
6 ms
100 ms
3 ms, <3 ms
Yes
Scatternet
1 as the reference
No
Star-bus (Hybrid)
0.01 to 0.5 (depending on use case)
Peak current consumption
<30 mA
<15 mA
Service discovery
Profile concept
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Primary use cases
Mobile phones, gaming, headsets, stereo audio Mobile phones, gaming, PCs, watches, sports and fitness,
streaming, automotive, PCs, security, proximity, healthcare, security & proximity, automotive, home
healthcare, sports & fitness, etc.
electronics, automation, Industrial, etc.

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What difference of BLE and NFC
BLE is faster and great security than NFC, BLE can use like an Wi-Fi
Aspect
NFC
BLE
RFID compatible
ISO 18000-3
No (but can using like it)
Security Mode
No
Disabled Mode, Passkey Mode
Network Standard
ISO 13157 etc.
IEEE 802.15.1
Network Type
Point-to-point
WPAN (wireless personal area network)
Cryptography
not with RFID tag
available
Range
< 0.2 m
~50 m
Bit rate
424 kbit/s
~1.0 Mbit/s
Set-up time
< 0.1 s
< 0.006 s
Power consumption
< 15mA (read), Unpowered
< 15 mA (read and transmit)
Track location device
No
Yes
• NFC operates time at slower speeds than BLE
• NFC works with an unpowered device (RFID Tag)
• NFC power consumption is greater than that of BLE
• NFC doesn't require pairing (COMFORTABLE, BUT NOT SECURE)
• NFC lower transfer data rate than Bluetooth low energy
• NFC Great for Peer-to-peer communication
WPAN
Point-to-point

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What difference of BLE and Wi-Fi
BLE is reduce time to connect and power consumption
Aspect
Wi-Fi
BLE
Standardization body
IEEE LAN/MAN
Bluetooth SIG
Network Standard
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.15.1
Network Type
WPAN
WPAN (wireless personal area network)
Cryptography
WEP, WPA, WPA2
available
Range
50 - 100 m
~50 m
Bit rate
1Mbit - 6.75Gbit/s
~1.0 Mbit/s
Set-up time
Variant by devices
< 0.006 s
Power consumption
Related with range
< 15 mA (read and transmit)
Pairing
Yes
No (but can use, if you want)
Internet Require
Yes
No
• Wi-Fi greater transfer data than BLE
• Wi-Fi greater to support multiple security standards
• Wi-Fi power consumption is more than that of BLE
• Wi-Fi greater data range than BLE
• Wi-Fi must use internet for transfer data to application (except Wi-Fi direct)

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Link Reference
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PayPal Debuts Its Newest Hardware, Beacon, A Bluetooth LE Enabled Device For Hands-Free Check Ins And Payments
http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/09/paypal-debuts-its-newest-hardware-beacon-a-bluetooth-le-enabled-device-for-handsfree-check-ins-and-payments/
PayPal Beacon
http://www.blognone.com/node/48430
PayPal Beacon https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/beacon?simple_submitted=yes#learn-more
Bluetooth low energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_low_energy
NFC vs Bluetooth Low Energy http://www.finextra.com/community/fullblog.aspx?blogid=8172
Near field communication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication
Inside iOS 7: iBeacons enhance apps' location awareness via Bluetooth LE
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/06/19/inside-ios-7-ibeacons-enhance-apps-location-awareness-via-bluetooth-le
Bluetooth Smart and Smart Ready products now available http://www.bluetooth.com/Pages/Bluetooth-Smart-DevicesList.aspx
Thoughts On iBeacon, BLE & NFC http://www.ipglab.com/2013/09/21/thoughts-on-ibeacon-ble-nfc/
Where it’s at: iBeacons are the next level in geolocation http://thepu.sh/platforms/ibeacons-looks-bring-consumers-backstores/
Daily Dose of iQ: Will Apple's iBeacon Be a Retail Game Changer? http://www.iqmetrix.com/article/2013/09/will-applesibeacon-be-retail-game-changer
The latest mobile commerce news – in handy infographics http://poqstudio.com/2013/10/the-latest-mobile-commercenews-in-handy-infographics/
How does PayPal Beacon connect to the POS and the Internet? http://www.quora.com/PayPal/How-does-PayPal-Beaconconnect-to-the-POS-and-the-Internet
Security, Bluetooth Smart (Low Energy) https://developer.bluetooth.org/TechnologyOverview/Pages/LE-Security.aspx
Bluetooth Low Energy Serial Port Adapter - Getting Started
http://support.connectblue.com/display/PRODBTSPA/Bluetooth+Low+Energy+Serial+Port+Adapter+-+Getting+Started
Bluetooth Serial Port Adapter Security
http://support.connectblue.com/display/PRODBTSPA/Bluetooth+Serial+Port+Adapter+Security

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