Wireless resource monitoring system and method
First Claim
1. A method for determining the location of a tag in a wireless network having at least one master radio, a plurality of beacons, and at least one tag, the beacons being located at known positions, the master radio, the beacons and the tag being in wireless communication with each other, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by the beacons, a beacon signal including the identity of the transmitting beacons;
receiving the beacon signals at the tag and measuring an attribute of the beacon signals;
transmitting, by the tag, a tag signal including identity of the transmitting tag, the measured attribute of the beacon signals and the identity of the beacons corresponding to the beacon signals;
receiving the tag signal at the master radio; and
determining the location of the tag from the tag signal.
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Abstract
A wireless resource monitoring system and method utilizes a network of deployed radio elements including at least one master radio, a plurality of beacons, and at least one tag. The beacons are placed at known positions. The master radio, the beacons and the tag are in wireless communication with each other. The tag is attached to the resource that is being monitored. A beacon signal is transmitted by the beacons, which includes the identity of the transmitting beacons. The tag receives the beacon signals and measures the signal strength of the beacon signals. The tag then transmits a tag signal, which includes the identity of the transmitting tag, the measured signal strengths of the beacon signals and the identity of the corresponding beacons. The location of the tag is then determined from the tag signal.
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71 Claims
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1. A method for determining the location of a tag in a wireless network having at least one master radio, a plurality of beacons, and at least one tag, the beacons being located at known positions, the master radio, the beacons and the tag being in wireless communication with each other, the method comprising:
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transmitting, by the beacons, a beacon signal including the identity of the transmitting beacons;
receiving the beacon signals at the tag and measuring an attribute of the beacon signals;
transmitting, by the tag, a tag signal including identity of the transmitting tag, the measured attribute of the beacon signals and the identity of the beacons corresponding to the beacon signals;
receiving the tag signal at the master radio; and
determining the location of the tag from the tag signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for determining the location of a resource deployed in a building, the method utilizing a wireless network having at least one master radio, a plurality of beacons and at least one tag being in wireless communication with each other, the tag being associated with the resource, the method comprising:
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deploying the plurality of beacons at known positions in the building;
transmitting, by the beacons, a beacon signal including the identity of the transmitting beacons;
receiving the beacon signals at the tag and measuring the signal strength of the beacon signals;
transmitting, by the tag, a tag signal including identity of the transmitting tag, the measured signal strengths of the beacon signals and the identity of the beacons corresponding to the beacon signals;
receiving the tag signal at the master radio;
identifying a location of the beacons from the beacons'"'"' identity;
determining beacon-to-tag distances from the measured signal strength values; and
determining a location of the tag from the beacon-to-tag distances and the location of the corresponding beacons. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A wireless resource monitoring system for determining the location of a resource deployed in a selected area, comprising:
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at least one master radio;
a plurality of beacons being deployed at known positions in the selected area and being in wireless communication with the master radio, the beacons being configured to transmit a beacon signal responsive to instructions from the master radio, a tag associated with the resource, the tag being configured to receive the beacon signals and operable to measure an attribute of the beacons signals and to transmit a tag signal to the master radio, the tag signal including the identity of the tag, the measured attribute of the beacon signals and the identity of the beacons corresponding to the beacon signals; and
a location processor linked to the master radio, the location processor configured to receive the tag signal from the master radio and operable to determine the location of the resource from the tag signal. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A wireless resource monitoring system for determining the location of a resource in a building, comprising:
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at least one master radio;
a plurality of beacons being deployed at known positions in the building and being in wireless communication with the master radio, the beacons being operable to transmit a beacon signal responsive to instructions from the master radio;
a tag associated with the resource, the tag being configured to receive the beacon signals and operable to measure the signal strength of the beacons signals and to transmit a tag signal to the master radio, the tag signal including the identity of the tag, the measured signal strength of the beacon signals and the identity of the beacons corresponding to the beacon signals; and
a location processor linked to the master radio, the location processor configured to receive the tag signal from the master radio and operable to determine the location of the resource in the building from the tag signal. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69)
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70. A wireless resource monitoring system for determining the location of a resource deployed in a selected area, comprising:
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at least one master radio;
a tag associated with the resource, the tag being configured to transmit a tag signal including the identity of the tag;
a plurality of beacons being deployed at known positions in the selected area and being in wireless communication with the master radio and the tag, the beacons being configured to receive the tag signal and operable to measure an attribute of the tag signal and to transmit a beacon signal to the master radio, the beacon signal including the identity of the transmitting beacon, the measured attribute of the tag signal and the identity of the tag; and
a location processor linked to the master radio, the location processor configured to receive the beacon signal from the master radio and operable to determine the location of the resource from the beacon signal. - View Dependent Claims (71)
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