Patent ID: 8878676

Claim:
A method for identifying a person on a mattress on a bed and generating an alert comprising: detecting an RF identification signal transmitted by at least one identification device on the person, wherein the at least one identification device is activated by an RF signal transmitted by an antenna associated with at least one of the mattress and bed frame; generating an alert when at least one identification device associated with a lower limb of the person is activated by an antenna associated with the floor, if the data associated with the person derived from any identification device associated with the person indicates that the person is not allowed to get out of bed without assistance; accessing data associated with a second person in the room occupied by the person by decoding a wireless signal transmitted by an identification device on the second person, wherein the wireless identification device on the second person is activated by at least one of the antenna associated with the mattress, an antenna associated with the floor, and an antenna associated with a door; and cancelling the alert if the second person is identified as being an attendant.