PRESENCE TRACKING METHOD

• US 20170105091A1
• Filed: 03/23/2015
• Published: 04/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eDevice
• Original Assignee: eDevice
• Inventors: GONNET, Stefan, FREUDMANN, Michal
• Application Number:
  US15/129,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20170105091A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A presence tracking method includes the steps of detecting the presence of one or more agents in the vicinity of at least one predefined geolocated point by verifying the establishment of a short-distance communication between one or more mobile communication terminals of one or more agents with one or more fixed devices, associated and located at the predefined geolocated point, of informing one or more remote servers about the presence or not of agents in the vicinity of the predefined geolocated point by transmitting an acknowledgement signal to one or more remote servers at regular intervals; and, after the occurrence of one or more predetermined events, carrying out one or more operations in response to the event. The present disclosure also relates to a system for implementing the method.

Claims

1. A presence tracking method comprising the following steps:

detection of the presence of one or more agents, in a vicinity of at least one predefined geolocated point, by verifying an establishment of a short-distance communication between one or more mobile communication terminals of the one or more agents with one or more fixed devices, associated and located at the predefined geolocated point;

information to one or more remote servers on the presence or not of the agent or agents in the vicinity of the predefined geolocated point by a transmission of an acknowledgement signal to one or more remote servers at regular intervals; and

following an occurrence of one or more predetermined events, a performance of one or more operations in response to the event or events.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the detection of the presence of the one or more agents, in the vicinity of the at least one predefined geolocated point, is performed by searching, in the vicinity of the predefined geolocated point, for unique identifiers, broadcast by the mobile communication terminal or terminals, and by comparing the unique identifiers found with those recorded as being the identifiers of the agent or agents associated with the predefined geolocated point.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, in a case of an absence of an acknowledgement signal, a step of activating geolocation of the mobile communication terminal or terminals of the agent or agents and comparing the results of this geolocation with the predefined geolocated point, and then a step of sending an alert message to one or more mobile communication terminals of one or more of the agents.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising activation of the verification of the establishment of the short-distance communication between a controller or controllers and the mobile communication terminal or terminals of the agent or agents, and/or the performance of the operation or operations, in response to the predetermined event or events, taking place according to predefined time ranges.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising processing the information concerning the presence of the one or more agents in the vicinity of the predefined geolocated point.

6. A presence tracking system comprising:

one or more mobile communication terminals of one of more agents comprising a short-distance communicator adapted to communicate with one or more fixed devices, associated and located at a predefined geolocated point;

the one or more fixed devices, associated and located at the predefined geolocated point, comprising a communicator adapted to communicate with a mobile communication terminal or terminals and with one or more remote servers;

one or more remote servers comprising a communicator adapted to communicate with the mobile communication terminal or terminals and the fixed device or devices;

a comparison verifying the establishment of a short-distance communication between the mobile communication terminal or terminals and the device or devices;

an identifier informing said remote server or servers of the presence or not of the agent or agents in the vicinity of the predefined geolocated point using a transmitter operably transmitting an acknowledgement signal at regular intervals to one or more remote servers; and

implementing one or more operations in response to the occurrence of one or more predetermined events.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the comparison verifying the establishment of the short-distance communication between the mobile communication terminal or terminals and the device or devices, uses unique identifiers, broadcast by the mobile communication terminal or terminals, and compares the unique identifiers found with those recorded as being the identifiers of the agent or agents associated with the predefined geolocated point.

8. The system according to claim 6, further comprising activating a geolocation feature of the mobile communication terminal or terminals of the agent or agents and comparing the results of this geolocation feature with the predefined geolocated point, and for sending an alert message to one or more mobile communication terminals of one or more of the agents.

9. The system according to claim 6, further comprising a diary, or one or more predefined time ranges, for activation of the comparison verifying the establishment of the short-distance communication between the mobile communication terminal or terminals and the fixed device or devices and/or performing the operation or operations, in response to the predetermined event or events.

10. The system according to claim 6, further comprising a controller processing the information concerning the presence of one or more agents in the vicinity of the predefined geolocated point.