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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2020
Centrak, Inc., Newtown, PA (US);
Karuppiah Annamalai, Yardley, PA (US);
CenTrak, Inc., Newtown, PA (US);
Abstract
A real-time location system including a backbone communication network having a plurality of network access point devices and a real-time location system server, a plurality of monitor devices where each monitor device being located at a location around a facility, each of the plurality of monitor devices being configured to transmit a unique monitor identification code using a secondary transmission technology, each of the monitor identifications codes being mapped to a single location in the facility at which a monitor device is located, each of the monitor devices further being configured to transmit an RF beacon using a first RF protocol, and at least one tag being configured to receive, detect and retransmit the monitor identification code back to at least one of the plurality of monitor devices using a second RF protocol.