System, method, and computer program product for identifying device connections
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorErik Kurt Witt
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for identifying device connections in a connection area includes receiving a plurality of physical parameters of a plurality of devices from a plurality of transmission sources in a connection area, wherein the plurality of physical parameters indicates physical states of the plurality of devices. At least one physical connection state is determined between the plurality of devices based on the plurality of physical parameters of the plurality of devices.
Claims19
A system for identifying a physical connection state between a first device and a second device in a connection area, the system comprising at least one computing device including at least one processor, the at least one computing device programmed or configured to:
- receive, via wireless communication, a first plurality of physical parameter values of a first device from a first tracking device, provided on a tag or a carrier, that detects changes in physical state for the first device;
- receive, via wireless communication, a second plurality of physical parameter values of a second device from a second tracking device, provided on a tag or a carrier, that detects changes in physical state for the second device;
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- determine a physical connection state between the first device and the second device based on changes in the first plurality of physical parameter values and the second plurality of physical parameter values,
- wherein the first plurality of physical parameter values and the second plurality of physical parameter values are associated with a plurality of respective event times, wherein an event time indicates a time of a change in a physical state of the first device or the second device associated with the event time, and wherein the at least one computing device is programmed or configured to determine the physical connection state based on the plurality of event times.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.