The present invention provides a PPE-N system that comprises PPE components, smart tags, smart tag readers configured to detect within working ranges and trigger audio-visual alarms and send a warning to a predetermined person, and a hub that compares signals from the smart tags to help assess the PPE-N component health. The present invention further comprises waypoints to verify that the PIPE component conforms to requirements of the PPE component and determine whether the PPE component is permitted in a predetermined area.

An asset includes a short range transmitter that broadcasts a first signal that includes a unique identifier associated with the asset. Each asset is carried by one of number of mobile devices, and each asset is freely exchangeable between any of the number of mobile devices. Each of at least some of the mobile devices carries a receiver to receive the first signals within reception range of the receiver. Each of at least some of the mobile devices aggregates the received unique identifiers. Each of at least some of the mobile devices carries a transmitter that transmits a second signal that includes data representative of a geolocation of the respective mobile device and data indicative of the unique identifiers received by the respective mobile device to a back-end system. The back-end system uses the data included in the received second signals to track and locate assets within a geographic area.

A method of monitoring objects capable of wireless communications is provided. The method includes detecting an activity performed by a user of a wireless communications device, acquiring information identifying an expected set of objects which are associated with the detected activity, determining whether at least one of the objects in the expected set is not in proximity of the wireless communications device, and if so, notifying the user that at least one of the objects in the expected set is not in proximity of the wireless communications device.

A tracking system determines a location of a tracking device associated with a user using one or more access points at the location. Each access point at the location is configured to detect and couple with the tracking device when the tracking device is within a communicative range of the access point. An access point provides updates on the tracking device's presence, as well as the tracking device's arrival to and departure from the communicative range of the access point, to a tracking server. The tracking server determines, from these updates, whether the tracking device is at the location. The user may be notified, via a mobile device, of the tracking device's location.

Systems, methods, and computer program products for securing a device or an asset attached thereto. The positions of a plurality of devices are monitored, and based on the positions, a determination is made as to whether a threshold condition has been violated. If the threshold condition has been violated, a notification signal is transmitted from a monitored device to one or more of the other devices to alert a responder that the monitored device is at risk of being lost. In response to the threshold condition being violated, the monitored device may also record and/or transmit data for display to the responder to help prevent the loss, or facilitate the recovery of the monitored device and/or an asset attached to the monitored device.

In some embodiments, methods and systems of detecting and monitoring shoplifting of products by individuals at a retail facility include sensors coupled to a product and located at a fixed threshold distance relative to each other. The sensors are configured to generate an alert signal indicating that the fixed threshold distance between the first and second sensors has been altered. An alert sensor positioned in the product stocking area of the retail facility is configured to receive the alert signal from one or both of the product sensors. A central computing device at the retail facility is configured to determine the alert sensor that received the alert signal, and to activate a video camera in order to acquire a photo or video of the portion of the product stocking area of the retail facility associated with the alert sensor that received the alert signal.

A web-based school emergency notification system and method allows a first teacher user, a first student user, a first administrator user, a first relative user, and an emergency response user to effectively communicate in real time during an emergency event. The system and method are operable on a mobile communication device carried by each user, and through a downloadable EN mobile software application. The software application is communicatively coupled to at least one server over a selectively closed network, allowing the users to send messages in real time. The software application communicatively links the mobile communication devices to a global positioning system. The global positioning system tracks the geolocation of the teacher user and student user at the school. The users can also input a specific location for tracking with the GPS. The users can also message each other in real time during the emergency event to coordinate a response.

A system and method of alerting and responding to a school emergency allows faculty members to alert other faculty members and students of an educational institution of an emergency all at the same time. Moreover, the method allows faculty members to automatically contact a first responder in order to resolve the emergency. The faculty member is able to include details of an emergency such as, but not limited to, the location of the emergency and the type of emergency situation. Additionally, the method notifies parents after the emergency is resolved and provides a feature which allows parents to find their children using a global positioning system (GPS) module.

A passenger tracking system that combines fobs carried by passengers and a passenger detector that detects when a fob is nearby. The fobs are battery powered and consume very little power; therefore, they can be sealed and waterproof, and may last for years before replacement. A fob is asleep until awakened by a short-range magnetic field broadcast by the passenger detector. After awakening, the fob listens for an encrypted message from the passenger detector, and responds with an encrypted response that contains the fob's identity. Tracking is secure because a fob is completely invisible unless and until it receives a magnetic field of the correct frequency and time-varying pattern, and an encrypted request message from an authorized sender; responses are also encrypted so that listeners cannot discover the fob's identity. The system is suitable for example for tracking schoolchildren entering or exiting a school bus.

The invention provides a first object (100) for theft detection of a second object (200), the second object (200) being in pair with a third object (300) for securing the second object (200), the first object (100) comprising: a detector (101) for detecting a second signal (201) of the second object (200) and a third signal (301) of the third object (300) when transmitted within a detection area (103) of the detector (101), and providing a detector output (104); a controller (102) for identifying, by processing the detector output (104), a condition (105) indicating both (i) a pairing of the second signal (201) and the third signal (301), and (ii) the second signal (201) moving out of the detection area (103) while the third signal (301) is not being detected within the detection area (103), and performing a theft detection action (106) when the condition (105) is identified.