Patent ID: 11924196
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H  A | IPC G  H

Claim 27:
28. A position detection system comprising:
a first communication terminal;
a second communication terminal configured to communicate with the first communication terminal;
a third communication terminal configured to communicate with the first communication terminal; and
a server apparatus, wherein
the first communication terminal includes a first memory in which identification information associated with a user is stored,
the third communication terminal is configured to perform user authentication,
the first communication terminal includes
a controller configured to obtain a result of the user authentication from the third communication terminal, and
a communication interface configured to emit a signal including the identification information,

the controller is configured to:
prevent transmission of the signal by the communication interface when the user authentication is not successful, and
does not prevent transmission of the signal by the communication interface when the user authentication is successful,

the second communication terminal includes a second memory in which apparatus information for identifying the second communication terminal is stored,
the second communication terminal is configured to transmit the identification information and the apparatus information to the server apparatus in response to reception of the identification information from the first communication terminal, and
the server apparatus is configured to specify the user specified by the identification information is located at a location corresponding to the second communication terminal specified by the apparatus information in response to reception of the identification information and the apparatus information from the second communication terminal.