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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Charles Theurer, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Brandon Good, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Shaopeng Liu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In various example embodiments, a system and method for facilitating proximity detection and location tracking using a mobile wireless bridge are provided. The system includes a beacon badge, a beacon tag, and a real-time location services ('RTLS') server communicatively coupled to the beacon badge, such as via a wireless network or the like. The beacon tag broadcasts a beacon message receivable by the beacon badge. The beacon badge determines whether it is proximate to the beacon badge based on the signal strength of the received beacon message. The beacon badge further communicates identifying information contained with the received beacon message to the RTLS server. The RTLS server uses the identifying information to determine the proximate location of the beacon badge.