US 11,854,358 B2
Monitoring system
Prithviraj Sarkar, Glasgow (GB)
Assigned to CONNECT-IN LTD., Glasgow (GB)
Filed by CONNECT-IN LTD, Glasgow (GB)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/009,931.
Application 16/009,931 is a continuation of application No. 14/423,191, granted, now 10,026,287, previously published as PCT/GB2013/052225, filed on Aug. 22, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2018/0293861 A1, Oct. 11, 2018
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08B 13/24 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/2402 (2013.01) [G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G08B 13/1427 (2013.01); G08B 13/2465 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring system, comprising:
a plurality of user devices comprising:
at least one monitor having decision logic; and
at least one tag adapted for attachment to, or containment within, an object to be monitored, and also adapted to transmit periodic signals to the at least one monitor such that the at least one monitor is to derive a proximity status between the at least one tag and the at least one monitor,
wherein the at least one monitor and/or the at least one tag comprises a primary user interface, wherein at least one secondary device can be wirelessly paired with the at least one monitor or the at least one tag,
wherein the at least one secondary device comprises a secondary user interface,
wherein any of the plurality of user devices, any of a plurality of user interfaces, and/or a remote server, is adapted to:
declare by a user the at least one tag to be lost or out of a proximity zone via the decision logic to thereby trigger an event when the derived proximity status is not within a predefined proximity zone/threshold,
indicate the derived proximity status on the at least one secondary device and/or the secondary user interface, or communicate details regarding the at least one tag with other similar monitors upon said triggering of said event or upon said declaration by the user from the plurality of user devices and/or the plurality of user interfaces, and
transmit an alert to one or more of: the primary user interface, the secondary user interface, or the remote server,
wherein the alert communicates the details regarding the at least one tag to the other similar monitors upon said triggering of said event or upon said declaration by said user or another user from a third user device or interface,
wherein, when within the proximity zone of the at least one tag which has been declared out of the proximity zone and/or lost, one of the other similar monitors are to receive the details regarding the at least one tag and thereby respond by sending its geo-location information to the at least one monitor which triggered said event or said declaration by the user,
wherein the at least one monitor or the at least one tag, when connected to one another or when outside the proximity zone, is switchable between a first mode in which a first frequency of packet exchange/advertisement/transmission is set at a first value, and a second mode in which a second frequency of packet exchange is set at a second value,
wherein the at least one monitor or the at least one tag, when moving outside the proximity zone, generates one or more of a visual, audible, and a vibrational alert on at least one of: the primary user interface or the secondary user interface.