US 9,852,102 B2 · System for exchanging information between wireless peripherals and back-end systems via a peripheral hub

Abstract

Wireless peripherals may be used by workers to facilitate communication, data entry, data visualization, safety, and security. Typically, these peripherals must communicate with a back-end system; however, direct communication is often impossible. Instead, the peripherals must communicate through an intermediary device (i.e., a base station) to reach the back-end system. To be most effective, the back-end system must be able to adapt its communication/response to a worker's identity, location, and/or peripherals. To facilitate this, the present invention embraces a peripheral hub, worn by a worker. The peripheral hub uses information regarding the worker and/or his peripherals to generate a peripheral manifest. The peripheral hub can transmit the peripheral manifest to the back-end system via the base station, and using information from the peripheral manifest, the back-end system may communicate/respond appropriately to the worker.

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Dependent claims

A peripheral hub for creating and broadcasting a peripheral manifest, comprising:

a computer readable memory for storing a hub identifier (hub-ID) to identify the peripheral hub on a network;
a wireless receiver configured to:
(i) receive wireless signals from peripheral devices, and
(ii) decode the wireless signals to obtain a peripheral identification (peripheral-ID) for each peripheral device;
a processor communicatively coupled to the computer readable memory and the wireless receiver, wherein the processor is configured by a software program stored in the computer readable memory to:
(i) receive the peripheral-IDs from the wireless receiver,
(ii) create a peripheral manifest comprising the peripheral-IDs and the hub-ID, and
(iii) store the peripheral manifest in the computer readable memory;
and
a wireless transmitter communicatively coupled to the computer readable memory, wherein the wireless transmitter is configured to:
(i) read the peripheral manifest from the computer readable memory, and
(ii) broadcast the peripheral manifest wirelessly.

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System for exchanging information between wireless peripherals and back-end systems via a peripheral hub

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System for exchanging information between wireless peripherals and back-end systems via a peripheral hub

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