A process for determining the location of entities carrying transmitters
(TXs) that transmit TX ID messages to at least one receiver (RX)
connected to a computer, in a network of computers. Each RX sends data
messages to its associated computer which includes an identifier
identifying the TX transmitting the TX ID message, the signal strength of
the received TX ID message, and a RX identifier. Each RX computer
generates badge hit messages from each data message, and provides them to
a centralized computer of the network. The centralized computer generates
a badge hit table having a separate entry for each badge hit message,
which has fields including the information received in the badge hit
message and a hit time indicating the time the entry was added to the
table. The badge hit table data is used to determining the location of
the TXs, and so the entities.