Patent ID: 7714728

Claim:
A system for monitoring and responding to predefined movements of a monitored person within premises occupied by the person, comprising: an upper-body RFID tag and a lower-body RFID tag, wherein the upper-body RFID tag is distinguishable from the lower-body RFID tag as a fall tag; a plurality of RFID antennas located in the premises comprising at least one RFID floor antenna associated with flooring in the premise, at least one RFID bed antenna associated with a bed assigned to the person, and at least one RFID door antenna associated with a doorknob or doorway providing egress from the premises; one or more controllers electrically connected to the plurality of RFID antennas and configured to receive signals received from the upper-body RFID tag and the lower-body RFID tag, the one or more controllers further configured to determine a fall has occurred when the upper-body RFID tag remains close to the RFID floor antenna, and determine unauthorized movement of the monitored person has occurred according to detection of the lower-body RFID tag in proximity to one or more of the plurality of RFID antennas; and a response system configured to implement one or more response actions in response to detecting the fall or unauthorized movement.