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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2016
Link Labs, Inc., Annapolis, MD (US);
Brian Emery Ray, Annapolis, MD (US);
Mark Olden Bloechl, Elkridge, MD (US);
Link Labs, INC., Annapolis, MD (US);
Abstract
A system and method for transmitting information using first and second wireless communication protocols, including an object having a short range radio frequency signal transmitter for transmitting a signal using the first protocol, the signal including information transmitted from the object; a collector including a signal receiver for receiving the signal transmitted by the short range radio frequency transmitter and further including a collector transmitter that transmits a collector signal using the second protocol via a low power wide area network, the collector signal including the information transmitted from the object; a gateway in wireless communication with the collector via the low power wide area network, the gateway including a gateway receiver for receiving the collector signal; a processing application for processing the information transmitted from the object and creating an information processing outcome; and an end user terminal having an interface for displaying the information processing outcome.