Patent ID: 9721407
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07C,G08B,H04B,H04L,H05K,Y04S

Claim:
1. A system for tracking procedures performed on personal protection equipment (PPE), the system comprising: a plurality of articles of PPE, with a smart tag attached to at least one article of PPE, wherein the smart tag carries an identifier of the at least one article of PPE and maintenance information related to the article of PPE; a scanner configured to read the smart tag that is attached to the at least one article of PPE, wherein when the scanner detects the smart tag the scanner receives the identifier of the at least one article of PPE; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the scanner, wherein the computing device: in response to a determination by the computing device that the article of PPE requires maintenance at the upcoming date, sends updated maintenance information related to the article of PPE that is written to the smart tag.