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Personnel and asset tracking method and apparatus

US6344794B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 2000
Grant dateFeb 5, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K17/0022
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A personnel and asset tracking system for locating and tracking objects throughout an awareness area comprises a communication network, a central server connected to said communication network maintaining an awareness area database, a plurality of receiver nodes, and a plurality of tags. Each tag is associated with an object to be tracked and has a transmitter which periodically transmits a tag transmission including a unique object identifier.

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