Patent ID: 8285564

Claim:
A system for determining a business relationship between individuals within a facility, the system comprising: a plurality of first tags, each of the plurality of first tags attached to a first object, each of the plurality of first tags transmitting a wireless signal; a plurality of second tags, each of the plurality of second tags attached to a second object, each of the plurality of second tags transmitting a wireless signal; a mesh network comprising a plurality of plug-in sensors located within the facility and utilized for infrastructure-based real-time location tracking of objects in the facility, each plug-in sensor of the plurality of plug-in sensors communicating with other plug-in sensors of the plurality of plug-in sensors utilizing a wireless communication format, wherein each of the plurality of plug-in sensors operates in a geo-spatially fixed physical location in the facility, the mesh network receiving the wireless signal from each of the plurality of first tags and the mesh network receiving the wireless signal from each of the plurality of second tags; and an information engine in communication with the mesh network and receiving tracking tag information for each of the plurality of first tags and each of the plurality of second tags, the information engine determining a business relationship between a first object having a first tag of the plurality of first tags and a second object having a second tag of the plurality of second tags, wherein the business relationship is based on at least two of the following plurality of interaction factors comprising a time since a last interaction, an identification of a first object, an identification of a second object, a status of a first object, a status of a second object, a position location of the interaction, and a duration of the interaction, wherein the business relationship is an interaction of a patient with a staff member, an interaction of a patient with an asset, or an interaction of a staff member with an asset, and the information engine analyzes the business relationship to determine a billing charge for services, medical services provided to a patient, or a cleaning event.