Patent ID: 9137970
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A01K,G01D,H04W

Abstract:
1. An interaction recording system for recording data associated with an interaction between a first entity and a second entity, the system comprising: a first unit associated with the first entity, the first unit comprising a first communication device for communicating data, a first controller, a first storage medium storing data associated with the first entity, and a passive detector; and a second unit associated with the second entity, the second unit comprising a second communication device for communicating data, a second controller, and a second storage medium for storing data; the passive detector comprising a passive detection circuit and being operable to determine the presence of the second unit within a range of the first unit indicating an interaction between the second entity and the first entity, the first controller being operable, following determination by the passive detector of the presence of the second unit within the range, to activate the first unit from a default lower power mode to a higher power mode in which the first unit is operable to communicate, via the first communication device, some or all of the data stored on the first storage medium, including the first entity data, to the second unit for receipt via the second communication device, the second controller being operable to determine data associated with the interaction other than the received communicated data and to record the data that is determined to be associated with the interaction and the received communicated data, including the first entity data, on the second storage medium, the second unit operates in a first mode comprising a default lower power mode and includes a sensor operable to change state when subject to a condition, the second unit be operable to change to a second mode comprising a higher power mode in response to a detected change in state of the sensor, providing an indication that the condition has been sensed by the sensor; a data collection unit, wherein the first unit is operable to communicate data stored on the first storage medium, including the first entity data, to the data collection unit, and the second unit is operable to communicate data stored on the second storage medium, including the recorded data that is determined to be associated with the interaction and the first entity data, to the data collection unit; and wherein the passive detector of the first unit is operable to determine the presence of the data collection unit within a range of the first unit, the first controller being operable, following determination by the passive detector of the presence of the data collection unit within the range, to activate the first unit from the default lower power mode to the higher power mode in which the first unit is operable to communicate, via the first communication device, some or all of the data stored on the first storage medium, including the first entity data, to the data collection unit, and the second unit comprises a second detector, the second detector being operable to determine the presence of the data collection unit within a range of the second unit, the second controller being operable, following determination by the second detector of the presence of the data collection unit within the range, to activate the second unit to communicate, via the second communication device, some or all of the data stored on the second storage medium, including the recorded data that is determined to be associated with the interaction and the first entity data to the data collection unit.