Patent ID: 11914033
Assignee: SONITOR TECHNOLOGIES AS
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A wireless communication device associated with a real-time locating system, the wireless communication device comprising:
a first transducer configured to receive first acoustic signals from a transmitting device, the first acoustic signals having a first frequency, and the first acoustic signals including an identifying code that represents a location of the transmitting device;
a first wireless receiver configured to receive beacon data from the transmitting device via a short-range wireless communication technique, wherein the beacon data includes a time offset value and information that is used by the wireless communication device in decoding the first acoustic signals, the information describing a subset of identifying codes in use in a vicinity of the transmitting device, and wherein the identifying code is a member of the subset of identifying codes, and wherein the time offset value may be used by the receiving device to adjust its timing of receipt of either RF or acoustic receptions; and
a wireless transmitter configured to transmit location information to a server via a wireless protocol.