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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Hannah Doerksen, Calgary, CA;
Michael Boyle, Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Hannah Doerksen, Calgary, CA;
Michael Boyle, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
SMART Technologies ULC, , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A participant response system () comprises at least one host computer () and a plurality of battery-powered remote units () communicating wirelessly with the host computer (). Each remote unit () executes a diagnostic routine in response to a received status request broadcast by the host computer () to detect the status thereof. Any remote unit () that detects an unhealthy state, returns health information to the host computer ().