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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2008
Marco O. Gruteser, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Anthony Levas, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Herbert Scott Mcfaddin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Paul Andrew Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Danny Chan Yong Wong, Allendale, NJ (US);
Marco O. Gruteser, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Anthony Levas, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Herbert Scott McFaddin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Paul Andrew Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Danny Chan Yong Wong, Allendale, NJ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system (and method) includes a seating platform, at least one sensor for detecting a state of the seating platform connected to a first wireless communications device, the first wireless communications device for conveying information on the state of the seating platform, and a second wireless communications device for receiving information from the first wireless communications device, and a computing system. The second wireless communications device is for receiving the information carrying signal and is connected to the computing system. The computing system is for initiating an action based upon the information.