Umm Al-Qura University was keen to offer presents to officials upon visiting its pavilion in the International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education. The present is one of its scientific and research patents that many local and regional entities have made use of.

The creative presents offered as souvenirs were sets of Internal Navigation Systems. The internal navigation system was invented three years ago as one of the patents cared for by Wadi Makkah Company for Technology. Following this, it was transformed into a product by one of the startups of Umm Al-Qura University, bearing the name: Averos, after being registered at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Since then, this product has become a competitor to internal navigation technologies, both locally and regionally.

The product was developed and manufactured by the Products Development Laboratory at the Technology Innovation Center for Geographic Information Systems at Umm Al-Qura University. It is a navigation system used inside buildings that helps you move around closed areas depending on an effective system that determines locations inside institutions using the Bluetooth Low-energy System (BLE). It also uses one of the innovations of the center, which is represented in the Cor-blue product that is formed from a small wireless electric circle. These sets send continuous signals that can be received by smart phones or any platform that support the Bluetooth system. This function can be used for personal movements, tracing, motion sensing, personal interaction, and moving around internally.

Beneficiary Bodies:

Several bodies made use of this innovation, including the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, which installed 2500 pieces in the corridors of the Holy Mosque to guide pilgrims and visitors. It permits them to know the number of Tawaf rounds, and reminds them of suitable supplications. It also contains a spatial alerts service to notify visitors upon reaching important places for performing rituals, such as Mataf (circumambulation area) and Mas`a (pathway between Safa and Marwah). Moreover, it offers an analysis service by gathering data without violating user's privacy, and offering two and three-dimensional maps as well as a complete record of the most prominent landmarks inside the Sacred Mosque.

Some of the international Saudi airports have made use of the internal navigation system, such as King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah (that installed 7500 pieces), King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, and the two international airports: Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Airport in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarrah and King Fahd international Airport in Dammam. Moreover, several large local and regional commercial centers have made use of this product.

Official Presents:

This invention helps decision makers to maintain individuals' safety by determining the most crowded locations. It also helps individuals to use shortcuts to reach their destinations. Fathers can, using this product, pursue their children in public and recreational places by placing the set around the child's wrist.

Higher administration officials offered the internal navigation system as a present to a number of officials, including His Excellency the Minister of Education, Dr. Hamad Al Al-Sheikh, His Excellency the Minister of Education in the United Arab Emirates, Engineer Hussein Al-Hammadi, His Excellency the Minister of Education in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Dr. Majid bin Ali Al-Naeimi, the two Deputy Ministers of Education, Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Asimi and Dr. Hatim Al-Marzouqi (for universities, research and innovation), His Highness the President of the Education and Training Evaluation Commission, Prince Dr. Faisal bin Abdullah Al-Mashari Al Saud, and the General Manager of King Fahd Security College, General Ali Al-Di`aij.