Wireless Resource Monitoring System and Method
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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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67 Claims
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1-55. -55. (canceled)
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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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67-71. -71. (canceled)
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