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US 2024/0203549 A1Published application
Location-based healthcare collaboration, data management and access control
AssigneeImprivata, Inc.
InventorMichael S. SAULNIER
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Abstract
The locations of electronic devices in an institutional facility are determined based on interaction with the wireless mobile devices of users who roam though the facility and interact with (or are detected by) the devices.
Claims11
A method of tracking and updating the location of a movable electronic device that includes a wireless interface for interaction with portable wireless mobile devices of users, the method comprising:
- establishing an update interval for the movable electronic device;
- and
- only when the update interval has elapsed, (i) opportunistically interrogating a portable wireless device of a user, via the wireless interface, for local GPS coordinates of the portable wireless mobile device only upon occurrence of a proximity event when the portable wireless mobile device is moved into proximity with the mobile electronic device, and (ii) electronically communicating the local GPS coordinates to a location server as a location of the movable electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.