Method and system for detecting location of a fixed wireless asset in a hospital environment
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- at least one fixed wireless asset (FWA) having an asset tracking number;
at least one mobile device wirelessly coupled to the at least one FWA, the at least one mobile device assigned to a person and configured to provide data to the at least one FWA;
a database comprising information associating the person with a location; and
a computer coupled to the at least one FWA and to the database;
wherein the at least one FWA is configured to forward to the computer at least a portion of the data received from the at least one mobile device along with the FWA'"'"'s asset tracking number;
wherein the computer is configured to receive the data and asset tracking number from the at least one FWA and retrieve the information associating the person with the location from the database; and
wherein the computer is further configured to determine the location of the at least one FWA based at least in part on the data received by the computer from the at least one FWA and the information associating the person with the location retrieved from the database.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for determining the location of fixed wireless assets (FWAs). The system includes at least one FWA having an asset tracking number, at least one mobile device wirelessly coupled to the FWA via a first communication link, and a database having information that associates people with locations. The mobile device is assigned to one of these people. The system also includes a computer that is coupled to the FWA via a second communication link and to the database. The FWA is configured to forward the data received from the mobile device to the computer along with the FWA'"'"'s asset tracking number. The computer is configured to determine the location of the FWA based at least in part on the data received from the FWA and the information retrieved from the database.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one fixed wireless asset (FWA) having an asset tracking number; at least one mobile device wirelessly coupled to the at least one FWA, the at least one mobile device assigned to a person and configured to provide data to the at least one FWA; a database comprising information associating the person with a location; and a computer coupled to the at least one FWA and to the database; wherein the at least one FWA is configured to forward to the computer at least a portion of the data received from the at least one mobile device along with the FWA'"'"'s asset tracking number; wherein the computer is configured to receive the data and asset tracking number from the at least one FWA and retrieve the information associating the person with the location from the database; and wherein the computer is further configured to determine the location of the at least one FWA based at least in part on the data received by the computer from the at least one FWA and the information associating the person with the location retrieved from the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for locating a fixed wireless asset (FWA) within a hospital, the system comprising:
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a plurality of FWAs having respective asset tracking numbers; a database comprising associations of a plurality of patients having patient IDs with respective identified rooms in the hospital; at least one personal care device (PCD) configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one FWA, the PCD having been assigned to one of the patients, the PCD configured to provide to the FWA at least the patient ID of the patient to whom the PCD is assigned; and a computer coupled to the plurality of FWAs and to the database via a communication network, wherein the FWAs are configured to provide at least the data received from the PCD along with the asset tracking number of the FWA providing the data, the computer configured to receive from the FWA the data and asset tracking number and retrieve from the database at least the patient-room association for the patient identified in the data received from the PCD; wherein the computer is further configured to determine the location of at least one of the FWAs based on the patient ID received from the PCD, the asset tracking number of the FWA, and the patient-room association retrieved from the database.
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8. A method of determining a location of a fixed wireless asset (FWA) in a hospital environment, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, by a computer, at least one message from the FWA that comprises a patient ID and an identification of a personal care device (PCD) that is paired with the patient; receiving, by the computer, patient-room information comprising the patient IDs of a plurality of patients admitted to the hospital and identification of the hospital rooms that are assigned to the patients; and determining, by the computer, the location of the FWA based on the at least one message received from the FWA and the patient-room information retrieved from a database. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method of determining a location of a fixed wireless asset (FWA) in a hospital environment, the method including the steps of:
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receiving at least one message from the FWA that comprises a patient ID and an identification of a personal care device (PCD) that is paired with the patient; receiving patient-room information comprising the patient IDs of a plurality of patients admitted to the hospital and identification of the hospital rooms that are assigned to the patients; and determining the location of the FWA based on the at least one message received from the FWA and the patient-room information retrieved from a database. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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