Patent ID: 7242307

Claim:
A hygiene appliance monitoring system comprising: a plurality of wireless communication devices, a first number of the wireless communication devices being disposed within or adjacent washroom elements and operative for monitoring and reporting status and operation thereof, a second number of the wireless communication devices being disposed in tags suitable for carrying by individuals, a third number of wireless communication devices being disposed within or adjacent washroom elements configured for recognizing a presence of the second number of wireless communication devices and differentiating distances between the second number of wireless communication devices and the third number of wireless communication devices in order to determine if use of a washroom element associated with one of the first number of wireless communication devices is to be ascribed to one of the tags and reporting thereon by an output signal; the third wireless communication device configured for communication with the first and second wireless communication devices for recording and transmitting a consolidated output signal; and a receiver in communication with said third wireless communication devices for transferring the output signal to a recording processor.