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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Harvey A. Nix, Birmingham, AL (US);
Lloyd Guyton Bowers Cooper, Birmingham, AL (US);
Don Byron Walker, Ii, Muscle Shoals, AL (US);
Andrew Joseph Thomson, Birmingham, AL (US);
Eugene Arnold Eighmy, Birmingham, AL (US);
Harvey A. Nix, Birmingham, AL (US);
Lloyd Guyton Bowers Cooper, Birmingham, AL (US);
Don Byron Walker, II, Muscle Shoals, AL (US);
Andrew Joseph Thomson, Birmingham, AL (US);
Eugene Arnold Eighmy, Birmingham, AL (US);
Proventix Systems, Inc., Birmingham, AL (US);
Abstract
A system and method for detecting the presence of a device user, managing a detection system in a predominantly low power state, ensuring data integrity and limiting the amount of user interaction required to identify users and detect device utilization includes a distinct user tag or badge including an active or passive RFID transceiver and one or more readers and routers in a network.