US 12,231,890 B2
User access-restrictive systems and methods for operating particle sampling devices
Matt Michaelis, Boulder, CO (US); Daniele Pandolfi, Boulder, CO (US); and Brett Haley, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS, INC., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS, INC., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/065,169.
Application 18/065,169 is a continuation of application No. 16/987,682, filed on Aug. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,576,045.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/975,533, filed on Feb. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/884,846, filed on Aug. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112632 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/47 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/08 (2013.01) [H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/47 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for particle sampling in a facility, comprising:
A) a particle sampling device comprising:
(i) a device housing including a sampling port;
(ii) a sampler for sampling particles of an exterior environment of the device, wherein the sampler is positioned in the housing and in flow communication with the sampling port;
(iii) a tag reader positioned on or in the housing, and including a tag reader transceiver; and
(iv) a processor in communication with the tag reader;
B) a supporting structure for coupling to a wall of the facility to facilitate removably positioning the device thereon; and
C) a tag for coupling to the supporting structure, wherein:
(1) when the tag is coupled to, and device is positioned on, the supporting structure, respectively, the tag and the device are so positioned in respective positions sufficient to permit wireless communication between the tag and the tag reader transceiver;
(2) the tag includes device configuration parameters encoded as configuration data thereon, the configuration data including a device password and a device recipe for performing device operations; and
(3) in response to the device being powered on, the processor is configured to:
(a) initiate the wireless communication between the tag and the tag reader transceiver;
(b) read, using the tag reader, the device configuration parameters from the tag; and
(c) in response to the device password read from the tag not matching a device password of the particle sampling device, denying access to the device;
(d) in response to the device password read from the tag matching the device password of the particle sampling device, then:
loading the device recipe for performing the device operations; and
causing the device to perform particle sampling of the exterior environment without involvement of a device user.