US Patent:
20110304460, Dec 15, 2011
Inventors:
Ravisankar KEECHERIL - West Palm Beach FL, US
Joseph Taverrite - Royal Palm Beach FL, US
Michael Turdo - West Palm Beach FL, US
David M. Boshko - West Palm Beach FL, US
International Classification:
G08B 13/14
Abstract:
A system for monitoring an inventory of golf clubs includes a plurality of golf clubs with wireless transceivers and a monitor that transmits a first interrogation signal to the plurality of wireless transceivers, the first interrogation signal being an invitation for each of the plurality of wireless transceivers to respond with a signal that indicates each transceiver's unique identification code. The monitor interprets each of the response signals received to determine the unique identification code within each signal, compares the set of expected identification codes stored in memory to each unique identification code received at the receiver, determines an absence of reception of at least one unique identification code within the set of expected identification codes, causes the transmitter to transmit a second interrogation signal to at least a one of the plurality of transceivers having the at least one determined absent unique identification code, the second interrogation signal being an invitation for the transceiver having the determined absent unique identification code to respond with a signal that indicates the at least one determined absent unique identification code, determines a continued absence at the receiver of the at least one determined absent unique identification code, and activates a missing club indicator if an amount of time between the determining the absence and the determining the continued absence exceeds a predetermined amount.