Patent ID: 6892083
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: G16H,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communications system, comprising: a central computer; one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area; a badge that communicate using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access points adjacent the badge; wherein the badge further comprises an unassigned state and an assigned state such that the badge is initially in the unassigned state when it has not been assigned to a user, the badge enters the assigned state when the badge has been assigned to a user and the badge returns to the unassigned state when the user has finished using the badge so that the badge is dynamically bound to the user while the user is using the badge; and wherein the central computer further comprises a voice recognition system that receives voice commands from a user through the badge and a user database containing a user profile for each user of the system and wherein the user profile database further comprises an alternative name field for each user containing alternative spoken names of the particular user wherein the voice recognition system recognizes the alternative spoken names of the user.