Method and apparatus for detecting and identifying device utilization

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8558660
APP PUB NO 20100123560A1
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12619856

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A system and method for detecting the presence of a device user, managing a detection system in a predominantly low power state, ensuring data integrity and limiting the amount of user interaction required to identify users and detect device utilization includes a distinct user tag or badge including an active or passive RFID transceiver and one or more readers and routers in a network.

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PROVENTIX SYSTEMS INC4518 VALLEYDALE ROAD SUITE 203 BIRMINGHAM AL 35242

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Cooper, Lloyd Guyton Bowers Birmingham, US 16 1532
Eighmy, Eugene Arnold Birmingham, US 5 182
Nix, Harvey A Birmingham, US 4 172
Thomson, Andrew Joseph Birmingham, US 2 139
Walker,, II Don Byron Muscle Shoals, US 12 1012

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