Wireless Communication for Hygiene Dispenser Systems
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Abstract
A communication system for handwash compliance monitoring, comprises a plurality of handwash monitoring sensors for collecting handwash compliance data at a respective plurality of handwash stations, at least one hub which wirelessly receives handwash compliance data transmitted from said plurality of handwash monitoring stations, a gateway which wirelessly receives handwash compliance data transmitted from the hub, and a wireless cellular telephone link for transmitting the handwash compliance data from the gateway to a central monitoring station.
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39 Claims
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23. A communication system for hygiene compliance monitoring comprising:
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a plurality of hygiene monitoring sensors for collecting hygiene compliance data at a respective plurality of hygiene stations; and a wireless link for transmitting the hygiene compliance data over a cellular telephone network to a central monitoring station, wherein the hygiene compliance data includes dispenser hygiene station activation counts and unique identifiers for each hygiene station. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for communicating hygiene compliance data, comprising:
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collecting hygiene compliance data from a plurality of hygiene stations having monitoring sensors; and transmitting the collected hygiene compliance data wirelessly over a cellular telephone network to a central monitoring station, wherein the hygiene compliance data includes dispenser hygiene station activation counts and unique identifiers for each hygiene station. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for communicating hygiene compliance data comprising:
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collecting hygiene compliance data from a plurality of hygiene stations having monitoring stations; said hygiene compliance data including hygiene station activation counts and the hygiene stations unique identifier (address) and transmitting the hygiene compliance data to a central hub or gateway using a wireless link, wherein the data is transmitted at one of 433 MHz, 900 MHz or 2.4 GHz.
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