RECEIVER HEALTH SYSYEMS AND METHODS FOR A REAL TIME LOCATION PLATFORM

• US 20190326015A1
• Filed: 12/29/2017
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: CANNELL, Matthew James, CRAWLEY, Philip, REED, Shawn, ALEXANDER, Ricardo
• Granted Patent: US 11,222,726 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• 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

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate proximity detection and location tracking. An example apparatus includes a real time location system (RTLS) health processor. The example RTLS health processor includes an event processor to process an event included in a message from an RTLS device to identify event information related to the RTLS device, the event relating to a health of the RTLS device and the event information including an event type and an event detail. The example RTLS health processor includes a health analyzer to compare the event detail to a prescribed bound for the event type, the event relating to a health of the device. The example RTLS health processor includes an output generator to, when the event information is outside the prescribed bound, trigger a response to address the event with respect to the RTLS device.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a real time location system (RTLS) health processor, the RTLS health processor including;

an event processor to process an event included in a message from an RTLS device to identify event information related to the RTLS device, the event relating to a health of the RTLS device and the event information including an event type and an event detail;

a health analyzer to compare the event detail to a prescribed bound for the event type, the event relating to a health of the device; and

an output generator to, when the event information is outside the prescribed bound, trigger a response to address the event with respect to the RTLS device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the health of the RTLS device includes at least one of a power level of the RTLS device, a connectivity of the RTLS device, a reboot status of the RTLS device, or a heartbeat of the RTLS device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the event information is inside the prescribed bound, the output generator is to log the event.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the response includes at least one of a charging reminder, a power level adjustment, an alarm, a reboot, or a heartbeat adjustment.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the RTLS device includes at least one of a fixed receiver or a mobile receiver to receive a signal from at least one of a fixed beacon, a mobile beacon, or a badge.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the RTLS device is to communicate with the health processor via an application programming interface.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the health processor is to be implemented as a cloud-based health processor.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is to be implemented on an edge device communicating with a cloud.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further includes a user interface device to provide a console displaying, for interaction, information regarding the RTLS device and the event.

10. A computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to be configured to implement a real time location system (RTLS) health processor, the RTLS health processor to include:

an event processor to process an event included in a message from an RTLS device to identify event information related to the RTLS device, the event relating to a health of the RTLS device and the event information including an event type and an event detail;

a health analyzer to compare the event detail to a prescribed bound for the event type, the event relating to a health of the device; and

an output generator to, when the event information is outside the prescribed bound, trigger a response to address the event with respect to the RTLS device.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the health of the RTLS device includes at least one of a power level of the RTLS device, a connectivity of the RTLS device, a reboot status of the RTLS device, or a heartbeat of the RTLS device.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein, when the event information is inside the prescribed bound, the output generator is to log the event.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the response includes at least one of a charging reminder, a power level adjustment, an alarm, a reboot, or a heartbeat adjustment.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the RTLS device includes at least one of a fixed receiver or a mobile receiver to receive a signal from at least one of a fixed beacon, a mobile beacon, or a badge.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the RTLS device is to communicate with the health processor via an application programming interface.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the apparatus further includes a user interface device to provide a console displaying, for interaction, information regarding the RTLS device and the event.

17. A processor-implemented method for a real time location system (RTLS), the method comprising:

processing, using a processor, an event included in a message from an RTLS device to identify event information related to the RTLS device, the event relating to a health of the RTLS device and the event information including an event type and an event detail;

comparing, using the processor, the event detail to a prescribed bound for the event type, the event relating to a health of the device; and

when the event information is outside the prescribed bound, triggering, using the processor, a response to address the event with respect to the RTLS device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the health of the RTLS device includes at least one of a power level of the RTLS device, a connectivity of the RTLS device, a reboot status of the RTLS device, or a heartbeat of the RTLS device.

19. The method of claim 17, further including, when the event information is inside the prescribed bound, logging the event.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the response includes at least one of a charging reminder, a power level adjustment, an alarm, a reboot, or a heartbeat adjustment.

21. (canceled)

22. (canceled)