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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 14, 2004
Timothy D. Wildman, Metamora, IN (US);
William F. Collins, Jr., Columbus, IN (US);
Timothy D. Wildman, Metamora, IN (US);
William F. Collins, Jr., Columbus, IN (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A combined locating, tracking and communications system (), including a server (), a plurality of area transceivers () configured to communicate with the server () and having an associated reception range (), a plurality of zone transceivers () configured to communicate with the area transceiver (), a plurality of tags () configured to communicate with the area transceiver () and the plurality of zone transceivers (), and a plurality of portable communicators () configured to communicate with the area transceiver () and the plurality of zone transceivers ().