# US 10,484,826 B2 · System and device for internet of things > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,484,826 B2 - Document ID: US10484826B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/616,093 - Filed: 2015-02-06 - Published: 2016-08-11 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-06 - Assignees: International Mobile Iot Corp. - Applicants: International Mobile IOT Corp - Inventors: Jung-Tang Huang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10484826B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - G06K 7/10366: {the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications} - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04L 67/52: specially adapted for the location of the user terminal - H04L 67/535: {Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34)} - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract An event monitoring system comprises a server, a communication network, a wireless tag that comprises a wireless module, a MCU, a switch connected to the wireless module and the MCU, wherein the MCU controls the switch to change between short range communication and long range communication; wherein the wireless tag receives a location information from a node device via the wireless module with long range communication; wherein the wireless tag determines a first location according to the location information and sends the first location to the server via the communication network; wherein the wireless tag detects a terminal device by wireless module using short range communication; after detecting the terminal device, the wireless tag sends an event information to the server via the communication network using long range communication. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for a management system, comprising: receiving an information of an event; verifying the event by the following steps: determining a first location of a first wireless tag, determining a second location of a second wireless tag, wherein when the first wireless tag and the second wireless tag receives a location information from a wireless tag via a short range communication, the first location and the second location are determined as a location of the wireless tag, and when the first wireless tag and the second wireless tag do not receive any location information via a short range communication, the first wireless tag and the second wireless tag receives the location information and a RSSI corresponding to the location information via a long range communication, wherein the location information comprises a real-world coordinate, wherein the short range communication is provided by a Bluetooth module coupled to a resistor and the resistor coupled to a ground and a communication range of the short range communication is less than 3 centimeters and the long range communication is longer than the short range communication and is provided by the Bluetooth module coupled to an antenna; matching the first location to the second location; sending a confirmation to the first wireless tag or the second wireless tag when the verification is successful. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method for a management system according to claim 1, wherein the verification is successful when the first location matches the second location. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method for a management system according to claim 1, verifying the event further comprising: receiving an account information from the first wireless tag; receiving an user information from the second wireless tag via the short range communication; and verifying the user information against the account information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method for a management system according to claim 3, wherein the verification is successful when the first location matches the second location and the user information matches the account information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method for a management system according to claim 3, wherein the user information is a personal distinctive feature from a sensor in the second wireless tag. ### Claim 6 A management system for verifying a transaction, comprising: a server; a communication network; a wireless tag comprising: a Bluetooth chip; a resistor; an antenna; a switch, wherein the Bluetooth chip couples to the antenna or the resistor via the switch; and a MCU, coupled to the Bluetooth chip and the switch, wherein the MCU controls the switch for the Bluetooth chip to couple to the antenna to provide a long range communication and controls the switch for the Bluetooth chip to couple to the resistor to provide a short range communication; wherein the wireless tag communicates with another wireless tag by the short range communication via the Bluetooth chip to verify the transaction, wherein the Bluetooth chip provides, by the Bluetooth chip coupled to the resistor via the switch and the resistor coupled to a ground, the short range communication with communication range less than 3 centimeters. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The management system according to claim 6, wherein the wireless tag is installed in terminal devices comprising a wearable device, a mobile device and a node device, or event objects comprising a card machine, an ATM machine and a payment device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The management system according to claim 6, wherein the wireless tag sends a user information to the server, and the server compares the user information to an account information of the transaction to verify the transaction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The management system according to claim 8, wherein the wireless tag further comprises a sensor, and the user information is a personal distinctive feature sensed by the sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The management system according to claim 8, wherein the wireless tag sends the user information to the server via a transaction device, and wherein the user information sending from the wireless tag to the transaction device is through the short range communication. ### Claim 11 An event monitoring system, comprising: a server; a communication network; a wireless tag comprising: a Bluetooth chip; a resistor; an antenna; a switch, wherein the Bluetooth chip couples to the antenna or the resistor via the switch; and a MCU, coupled to the Bluetooth chip and the switch, wherein the MCU controls the switch for the Bluetooth chip to couple to the antenna to provide a long range communication and controls the switch for the Bluetooth chip to couple to the resistor to provide a short range communication; wherein the wireless tag detects a terminal device by the Bluetooth chip using the short range communication, wherein the Bluetooth chip provides, by the Bluetooth chip coupled to the resistor via the switch and the resistor coupled to a ground, the short range communication with communication range less than 3 centimeters; after detecting the terminal device, the wireless tag sends an event information to the server via the communication network using the long range communication provided by the Bluetooth chip coupled to an antenna. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The event monitoring system according to claim 11, wherein the wireless tag further comprising a sensor, and wherein the sensor detects a status of the event to send to the server as an event information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The event monitoring system according to claim 11, wherein the wireless tag is installed in a transaction device, and wherein the wireless tag is configured to receive an account information by the short range communication, and wherein the account information is sent to the server for verification against a user information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The event monitoring system according to claim 11, wherein the wireless tag further comprising sensor, and wherein the sensor detects a personal distinctive feature from a user and sends the personal distinctive feature to the server as a user information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The event monitoring system according to claim 11, wherein the wireless tag receives an identification information from the terminal device, and wherein the identification information is sent to the server for verification. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The event monitoring system according to claim 13, wherein the user information is sent by a second wireless tag to the server, and wherein the user information is a personal distinctive feature sensed by a sensor in the second wireless tag. ### Claim 17 (depends on 6) The management system according to claim 6, wherein the wireless tag receives a location information from a node device via the Bluetooth module with the long range communication; wherein the wireless tag determines a first location according to the location information and sends the first location to the server via the communication network; wherein the server compares the first location to a transaction location to verify the transaction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The event monitoring system according to claim 11, wherein the wireless tag receives a location information from a node device via the Bluetooth module with the long range communication; wherein the wireless tag determines a first location according to the location information and sends the first location to the server via the communication network.