US 12,190,296 B2
Observation based event tracking
Philip W. Swift, Oakwood, OH (US)
Assigned to Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US)
Filed by Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/542,848.
Application 16/544,014 is a division of application No. 15/685,135, filed on Aug. 24, 2017, granted, now 10,423,933, issued on Sep. 24, 2019.
Application 17/542,848 is a continuation of application No. 16/882,379, filed on May 22, 2020, granted, now 11,195,153.
Application 16/882,379 is a continuation of application No. 16/544,014, filed on Aug. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,664,809, issued on May 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/379,724, filed on Aug. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0092554 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01); G06Q 10/06 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0639 (2023.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/1097 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/063114 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0639 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented process of tracking events, comprising:
detecting that a first electronic badge is within a predetermined range of a second electronic badge, thus designating an encounter; and
performing, by a processor executing instructions read out from memory, an event logging transaction responsive to the encounter by:
receiving, from the first electronic badge, an electronic message characterizing an observation made by a user of the first electronic badge relative to a user of the second electronic badge, wherein the observation is made without use of sensors;
converting the electronic message received from the first electronic badge into a pinpoint response, the pinpoint response associated with a pinpoint;
generating an event record comprising an identification of an event type, and the pinpoint response;
wirelessly sending at least one of a confirmation to the first electronic badge, or a message to the second electronic badge that an observation was made about the user of the second electronic badge;
wirelessly communicating the event record to a remote server;
storing the wirelessly communicated event record on the remote server; and
augmenting at the remote server, an operational generated event record collected by sensors in a work environment of the first electronic badge and the second electronic badge with the wirelessly communicated event record.