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Temperature monitoring device for workflow monitoring system

  • US 8,931,952 B2
  • Filed: 04/27/2012
  • Issued: 01/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for managing the collection and monitoring of the temperatures of a plurality of targets, comprising:

  • a temperature monitoring device including a housing having a host interface adapted for wireless communication with a host, a microcontroller positioned within said housing, an infrared temperature sensor interconnected to said microcontroller, a radiofrequency identification transceiver interconnected to said microcontroller, and a temperature probe attached to said housing and interconnected to said microcontroller so that said microcontroller can selectively activate one or more of said sensor, transceiver and probe;

    at least one host device positioned in proximity to said temperature monitoring device and having a second microcontroller that is programmed to communicate with said temperature monitoring device through said host interface;

    a remote server interconnected to said host device, wherein said server is programmed to provide said at least one host device with at least one temperature monitoring task requiring a user of said host device to obtain a temperature of one of said plurality of targets;

    wherein said host device is programmed to require the use of said infrared temperature sensor when said at least one temperature monitoring task is from a first set of temperature monitoring tasks;

    wherein said host device is programmed to require the use of said radiofrequency identification transceiver when said at least one temperature monitoring task is from a second set of temperature monitoring tasks; and

    wherein said host device is programmed to require the use of said temperature probe when said at least one temperature monitoring task is from a third set of temperature monitoring tasks.

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