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Discovery and connection management with mobile systems manager

  • US 20050135306A1
  • Filed: 12/06/2004
  • Published: 06/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for managing patient care in an institution, comprising:

  • a wireless network for carrying data between devices connected to the network;

    a mobile server having wireless communication capability in communication with the network through a selected port of the server, the server having a processor programmed to broadcast a beacon signal over the network at a selected interval;

    a client device in communication with the network and programmed to listen for the beacon signal from the selected port and respond to the signal with a status message, the status message including information for use by the server in establishing a secure communication session with the client device;

    wherein upon receiving the status message, the server uses the information contained in the status message to establish a communication session with the client device.

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