Portable Memory Module Wireless Beacon for Location Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems fail to provide effective location-dependent services to users of mobile or movable networked electronic devices in healthcare environments, particularly when the location of the user is unknown, as they require all equipment and personnel to be equipped with location tracking devices, which is a significant undertaking.
Innovation Solution
A portable memory module with a wireless beacon that emits an identifier signal, allowing its location to be determined by a detection subsystem, and an electronic device interface that connects to the module to establish close physical proximity, enabling the module's location to be recorded and used to provide location-dependent services without needing location tracking on all equipment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If all equipment and personnel are equipped with location tracking devices to provide location-dependent services, then the capability to provide location-dependent services is improved, but the system complexity and deployment difficulty increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides location tracking functionality into two segments: a simple portable memory module with emitter for individual devices, and a networked detection subsystem for centralized location determination. This segmentation allows location-dependent services to be provided without equipping all equipment with full tracking capabilities, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining service capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If all equipment and personnel are equipped with location tracking devices to provide location-dependent services, then the capability to provide location-dependent services is improved, but the deployment effort and time required increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements partial action by equipping only portable memory modules with emitters rather than all equipment and personnel. The detection subsystem processes signals from these partial implementations to provide location-dependent services, significantly reducing deployment effort and time while maintaining essential service capability.
3Device complexity
If a portable memory module with wireless emitter is used to track location, then the deployment complexity is reduced, but the precision of location determination may be impaired
Solution Approach 1:
The portable memory module with wireless emitter acts as an intermediary carrier that links the electronic device to the detection subsystem. The module stores device identifiers and transmits them via wireless beacon, enabling the detection subsystem to determine device location and provide location-dependent services without requiring direct tracking equipment on all devices, thus balancing simplicity with functional capability.
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AI summary
A portable memory module, which comprises an interface allowing the module to be connected to and disconnected from an electronic device by a user of the module such that the electronic device is in close physical proximity to the module when connected thereto; memory storing an identifier of the module; an emitter; and a processing entity configured to encode the identifier of the module into a signal that is transmitted via the emitter as a wireless beacon. The memory contains information that allows the module to be identified by an entity connected to the electronic device. The wireless beacon is configured to enable a location of the module to be determined by a detection sub-system. When the module is connected to the electronic device and the identity of the module is transmitted to a network entity via the electronic device, the location of the module can be used by the network entity to establish the location of the electronic device.