System and method for monitoring fixture position
AssigneeUnefi Inc.
InventorsRanko DIMIC, Samuel Arthur VISE, Tibor SZANTO
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring the positions of fixtures are disclosed. A tracking unit is attached to a fixture and sends position information to a server by way of a third-party intermediary device. The server determines whether the fixture is within a predetermined first radius around a designated position for the fixture. When the fixture is within the first radius, the fixture is determined to be ‘in position’. When the fixture is outside of the first radius, the fixture is determined to be ‘out of position’ and the server sends an alert to at least one designated computing device.
Claims10
A system for monitoring a position of a fixture at a location, the system comprising:
- a tracking unit attached to said fixture;
- and
- a server for receiving signals from said tracking unit,
- wherein said fixture has a designated position at said location and said fixture is associated with a first radius,
- wherein said first radius is centered at said designated position, wherein said server receives position information for said fixture by way of said tracking unit and by way of at least one intermediary device, said at least one intermediary device receiving signals from said tracking unit and reporting to said server,
- and wherein, when said position information indicates that said position of said fixture is outside of said first radius, said server sends an alert to at least one designated computing device.
A method for monitoring a position of a fixture at a location, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a server, position information for a tracking unit attached to said fixture, said fixture having a designated position at said location;
- comparing by the server said position information to a predetermined first radius associated with said fixture, said first radius being centered at said designated position;
- when said comparison indicates that said position of said fixture is within said first radius, determining by the server that said fixture is in position;
- when said comparison indicates that said position of said fixture is outside of said first radius, determining by the server that said fixture is out of position;
- and
- when said fixture is determined to be out of position, sending from the server an alert to at least one computing device,
- wherein said server receives said position information by way of at least one intermediary device, said at least one intermediary device receiving signals from said tracking unit and reporting to said server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.