US 12,143,885 B2
System and method for securing a facility
Michael Bettua, Hoboken, NJ (US); Alexander M. Adelson, Andes, NY (US); Ka Kui Cheng, Kowloon (HK); Timothy Chinowsky, Seattle, WA (US); and Chi Ming Tse, Markham (CA)
Assigned to Volan Technology, Inc., Hoboken, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/597,207
Filed by Volan Technology, Inc., Hoboken, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/042046
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/011599, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/874,113, filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0248169 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); G08B 25/12 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/021 (2013.01) [G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); G08B 25/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing a capacity of an area comprising:
configuring a geofence within a mesh network that defines an area within a site;
establishing a capacity associated with the area;
analyzing a location of a plurality of portable units worn or carried by a plurality of selected users within the mesh network;
identifying a number of portable units located within the area;
maintaining a current count of the number of portable units located within the area; and
in response to the current count surpassing the capacity, generating an alert to an administrative unit, wherein the administrative unit is part of the mesh network.