Patent attributes
In an embodiment, a data transferring system comprises a rotating base station computer with a rotatable reflector, an antenna, and a transmitter, and is configured: as the rotatable reflector rotates around the antenna which remains static when the rotatable reflector rotates, periodically transmitting a plurality of base broadcast wireless communications from the transmitter; in response to transmitting the plurality of base broadcast wireless communications, receiving a plurality of tag response wireless communications from a particular tag computer, from one or more tag computers; in response to receiving the plurality of tag response wireless communications: determining a plurality of signal strength values associated with the plurality of tag response wireless communications; based on, at least in part, the plurality of signal strength values, determining a tag magnetic heading of the particular tag computer that indicates a relative location of the particular tag computer with respect to the rotating base station computer.
