Patent ID: 8265651

Claim:
A system comprising: a location detection (LD) transmitter configured to transmit a first radio frequency (RF) signal in a first protocol and a second RF signal in a second protocol; a first LD receiver configured to: receive the first RF signal from the LD transmitter; and determine from the first RF signal first information relating to a location of the LD transmitter; a second LD receiver configured to: receive the second RF signal from the LD transmitter; and determine from the second RF signal second information relating to the location of the LD transmitter; and an LD server configured to: receive the first information and the second information wirelessly from the first LD receiver and the second LD receiver, respectively; receive, from an industrial process control system, an identification of a preferred one of the first information and the second information; and calculate the location of the LD transmitter from the preferred one of the first information and the second information.