Receiver health systems and methods for a real time location platform

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11222726-B2
Application number	US-201716474793-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2017
Priority date	Dec 31, 2016
Publication date	Jan 11, 2022
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate proximity detection and location tracking. An example apparatus includes a real time location system (RTLS) health processor. The example RTLS health processor includes an event processor to process an event included in a message from an RTLS device to identify event information related to the RTLS device, the event relating to a health of the RTLS device and the event information including an event type and an event detail. The example RTLS health processor includes a health analyzer to compare the event detail to a prescribed bound for the event type, the event relating to a health of the device. The example RTLS health processor includes an output generator to, when the event detail is outside the prescribed bound, trigger a response to address the event with respect to the RTLS device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a real time location system (RTLS) health processor, the RTLS health processor including:
an event processor to process an event included in a message from an RTLS device to identify event information related to the RTLS device, wherein the RTLS device is remote from the RTLS health processor, the event relating to a health of the RTLS device and the event information including an event type and an event detail, wherein the health of the RTLS device comprises a power level of the RTLS device, a connectivity of the RTLS device, a reboot status of the RTLS device, a heartbeat of the RTLS device, or a combination thereof;

a health analyzer to compare the event detail to a prescribed bound for the event type, the event relating to a health of the RTLS device; and
an output generator to, when the event detail is outside the prescribed bound, trigger a response including an instruction to address the event by adjusting a configuration of the RTLS device, wherein the response comprises at least one of an alarm representing a maintenance request, a reboot, or a heartbeat adjustment, and wherein, when the event detail is inside the prescribed bound, the output generator is to log the event.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the RTLS device includes at least one of a fixed receiver or a mobile receiver to receive a signal from at least one of a fixed beacon, a mobile beacon, or a badge.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the RTLS device is to communicate with the health processor via an application programming interface.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the health processor is to be implemented as a cloud-based health processor.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is to be implemented on an edge device communicating with a cloud.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus further includes a user interface device to provide a console displaying, for interaction, information regarding the RTLS device and the event.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to be configured to implement a real time location system (RTLS) health processor, the RTLS health processor to include:
an event processor to process an event included in a message from an RTLS device to identify event information related to the RTLS device, wherein the RTLS device is remote from the RTLS health processor, the event relating to a health of the RTLS device and the event information including an event type and an event detail, wherein the health of the RTLS device comprises a power level of the RTLS device, a connectivity of the RTLS device, a reboot status of the RTLS device, a heartbeat of the RTLS device, or a combination thereof;
a health analyzer to compare the event detail to a prescribed bound for the event type, the event relating to a health of the RTLS device; and
an output generator to, when the event detail is outside the prescribed bound, trigger a response including an instruction to address the event by adjusting a configuration of the RTLS device, wherein the response comprises at least one of an alarm representing a maintenance request, a heartbeat adjustment, or a reboot, and wherein, when the event detail is inside the prescribed bound, the output generator is to log the event.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the RTLS device includes at least one of a fixed receiver or a mobile receiver to receive a signal from at least one of a fixed beacon, a mobile beacon, or a badge.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the RTLS device is to communicate with the health processor via an application programming interface.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the apparatus further includes a user interface device to provide a console displaying, for interaction, information regarding the RTLS device and the event.

11. A processor-implemented method for a real time location system (RTLS), the method comprising:
processing, using a processor, an event included in a message from an RTLS device to identify event information related to the RTLS device, wherein the RTLS device is remote from the processor, the event relating to a health of the RTLS device and the event information including an event type and an event detail, wherein the health of the RTLS device comprises a power level of the RTLS device, a connectivity of the RTLS device, a reboot status of the RTLS device, a heartbeat of the RTLS device, or a combination thereof;
comparing, using the processor, the event detail to a prescribed bound for the event type, the event relating to a health of the RTLS device; and

when the event detail is outside the prescribed bound, triggering, using the processor, a response including an instruction to address the event by adjusting a configuration of the RTLS device, wherein the response comprises at least one of an alarm representing a maintenance request, a reboot, or a heartbeat adjustment, and wherein, when the event detail is inside the prescribed bound, logging the event.

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Cannell Matthew James
• Crawley Philip
• Reed Shawn
• Alexander Ricardo

Classifications

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• G16H40/67 Primary

  for remote operation · CPC title

• G16H40/20 Primary

  for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms · CPC title

• G16H80/00

  ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title