US 12,035,214 B2
Controlling and monitoring devices using near field communication
Mark Edward Fish, Cheshire (GB); and Guy Richard Talbot, Verona, NJ (US)
Assigned to Accenture Global Solutions Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Accenture Global Solutions Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,866.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/027,562, filed on May 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0368317 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/80 (2018.02) [G06F 16/955 (2019.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing interactive monitoring of an environment, the system comprising:
a first near field communication (NFC) device corresponding to an item;
a second NFC device associated with an instrument located within the environment; and
a monitoring device communicatively coupled to the first NFC device and the second NFC device via a network, wherein the monitoring device comprises one or more processors configured to:
detect a first tap of the first NFC device by a user device having an NFC capability;
associate the item with the user device based on the first tap of the first NFC device;
detect a first tap of the second NFC device by the user device;
perform a first action of a sequence of actions corresponding to the second NFC device in response to detecting the first tap of the second NFC device, wherein the first action is configured to associate the user device and the item with the instrument within the environment based on the first tap of the second NFC device; and
perform a second action of the sequence of actions corresponding to the second NFC device in response to detecting a second tap of the second NFC device, wherein the second action is configured to provide information to a graphical user interface of the user device in response to detecting the second tap of the second NFC device by the user device, wherein the information provided to the graphical user interface is associated with functionality of the instrument present within the environment, and wherein the instrument is configured to perform at least one operation with respect to the item.