Method and system for connectivity and control of industrial equipment using a low power wide area network
US12375366B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/149
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A personal area network that includes a wearable electronic device, a system and methods of using the personal area network that includes a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device can act as an aggregator of the data that is being acquired by the one or more sensors and from other devices that are within wireless signal range of the personal area network in order to send some or all of the data over a wireless low power wide area network to remote locations within a larger network for subsequent processing, user notification, analysis of location-determination, contact tracing or the like. Data may flow in a bidirectional manner between the wearable electronic device and at least some of the other devices within the personal area network. In one form, the aggregated data may be used to provide information related to one or more operational parameters of an industrial asset and, if necessary, take control-based action in order to adjust one or more such operational parameters. In one form, a communication network formed by the wearable electronic device is used within an industrial setting in order to perform such data acquisition, processing and related control.
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