IN-BUILDING WAYFINDING SYSTEM AND METHOD

A method of assisting to find an item inside a building. The method comprises monitoring a location of each of a plurality of radio frequency identity (RFID) tags by a wayfinding application executing on a computer system, wherein at least one of the RFID tags has a near field communication (NFC) capability; based on detecting that the plurality of RFID tags move in concert with each other, associating the plurality of RFID tags to a cart by the wayfinding application; receiving a request for directions to locate the item inside the building by the wayfinding application; looking up a location inside the building of the item by the wayfinding application; transmitting the directions by the wayfinding application to a user equipment (UE); and presenting on a display of the UE directions for the user to navigate to the location of the item.