Mobile Event Response Validation for Accurate Device Location
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Solution Overview
Problem
Facilities face challenges in efficiently training and managing support staff due to frequent job changes and poorly labeled event devices, leading to difficulties in locating correct event devices during emergencies or training events, which can result in false alarms or missed responses.
Innovation Solution
A mobile device is used to connect to event devices, determining the time taken to locate them, and transmitting user profiles and time data to a remote computing device for validation, ensuring accurate device identification and efficient training through guided navigation and report generation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If support staff are trained manually without digital assistance, then training costs and time are reduced, but the accuracy of locating event devices and reducing false alarms deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobile device as an intermediary between the support staff and event devices. The mobile device provides digital guidance, navigation, and confirmation capabilities that enhance locating accuracy without requiring complex infrastructure changes. It mediates the interaction by providing turn-by-turn directions and confirmation mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service training where support staff can independently locate and validate event devices using the mobile device application. The application provides automated guidance, eliminates the need for manual trainers, and allows staff to complete training autonomously, improving accuracy without proportionally increasing system complexity.
2Productivity
If traditional manual training methods are used, then training simplicity is maintained, but training efficiency and response time deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device application serves multiple functions: providing navigation directions, confirming device locations, validating training completion, and generating reports. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate tools or procedures, improving training efficiency while maintaining operational simplicity through a single unified interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the mobile device provides real-time confirmation when support staff locate the correct event device. This immediate feedback accelerates training by eliminating guesswork and manual verification, allowing staff to quickly confirm their actions and proceed to the next training step, thereby improving productivity without complicating the process.
3Loss of time
If event devices are poorly labeled or lack clear identification, then device simplicity and manufacturing costs are reduced, but the time to locate correct devices and response accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical labeling and manual identification methods with electronic/digital identification systems. The mobile device communicates with event devices electronically, using unique identifiers and digital signatures to confirm device locations. This substitution eliminates the need for clear physical labels while reducing location time through electronic guidance and confirmation mechanisms.
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AI summary
Devices, systems, and methods for validating an event response in an event system are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a mobile device comprising a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to connect to an event device in response to an event occurring associated with the event device, determine an amount of time taken between when the event was initiated and when the mobile device connected to the event device, and transmit, to a remote computing device, a user profile associated with the mobile device and the amount of time.