METHOD FOR TRACKING PROCEDURES PERFORMED ON PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND ACTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS
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Abstract
A method for tracking procedures performed on personal protection equipment (PPE) and actions of individuals includes the following steps. An article of PPE configured with a smart tag is provided to an individual prior to performance of a task. After the individual performs the task, the article of PPE is processed. Information is retrieved from the smart tag during at least one of: before, during and after processing the article of PPE. After the performance of the task, the individual'"'"'s data is read and the individual enters into a designated area.
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31 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A system comprising:
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a set of personal protective equipment associated with a user, wherein a smart tag is configured with at least one article of PPE of the set of personal protective equipment, and wherein the smart tag comprises at least one of a transmitter or a receiver configured to communicate data according to a protocol; a computing device comprising a memory and one or more computer processors, wherein the memory comprises instructions that when executed by the one or more computer processors cause the one or more computer processors to; receive, via wireless communication, the data comprising an identifier of the at least one article of PPE from the smart tag configured with the at least one article of personal protective equipment; query, based at least in part on the identifier of the at least one article of PPE, a datastore that includes a rule, condition, or policy in association with the at least one article of personal protective equipment of the set of personal protective equipment; determine, based at least in part on the data received from the smart tag via the at least one of the transmitter or the receiver according to the protocol, whether at least one of the rule, condition, or policy was violated for the at least one article of personal protective equipment associated with an identifier of the user; and generate an output based on whether the violation of the rule, condition, or policy has occurred for the at least one article personal protective equipment associated with the identifier of the user. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing device comprising:
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one or more computer processors; and a memory comprising instructions that when executed by the one or more computer processors cause the one or more computer processors to; receive, via wireless communication, data comprising an identifier of the at least one article of PPE from a smart tag configured with at least one article of personal protective equipment in a set of personal protective equipment associated with a user, wherein the smart tag comprises at least one of a transmitter or a receiver configured to communicate the data according to a protocol; query, based at least in part on the identifier of the at least one article of PPE, a datastore that includes a rule, condition, or policy in association with the at least one article of personal protective equipment of the set of personal protective equipment; determine, based at least in part on the data received from the smart tag via the at least one of the transmitter or the receiver according to the protocol, whether at least one of the rule, condition, or policy was violated for the at least one article of personal protective equipment associated with an identifier of the user; and generate an output based on whether the violation of the rule, condition, or policy has occurred for the at least one article personal protective equipment associated with the identifier of the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor of a computing device to:
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receive, via wireless communication, data comprising an identifier of the at least one article of PPE from a smart tag configured with at least one article of personal protective equipment in a set of personal protective equipment associated with a user, wherein the smart tag comprises at least one of a transmitter or a receiver configured to communicate the data according to a protocol; query, based at least in part on the identifier of the at least one article of PPE, a datastore that includes a rule, condition, or policy in association with the at least one article of personal protective equipment of the set of personal protective equipment; determine, based at least in part on the data received from the smart tag via the at least one of the transmitter or the receiver according to the protocol, whether at least one of the rule, condition, or policy was violated for the at least one article of personal protective equipment associated with an identifier of the user; and generate an output based on whether the violation of the rule, condition, or policy has occurred for the at least one article personal protective equipment associated with the identifier of the user. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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