Microshare Universal Contact Tracing

Designed for occupant safety and universal access

Microshare’s Universal Contact Tracing solution is based on wearables, closing the loopholes and privacy problems of the smartphone based approach.

Traces contact anonymously between facility occupants through badges, wristbands and keyrings
Avoids vulnerability of smartphone approach where data can be disabled, batteries go dead or people simply not own them
Provides implicit consent when wearable is distributed and accepted
Operates on multi-year battery life Bluetooth beacons
Runs on LoRaWAN gateways separate from proprietary networks, avoiding serious security problems associated with Wi-Fi and other cellphone data technologies

Designed over many years to be inter-operative with standard interfaces and widely deployed commercial data dashboards, Universal Contact Tracing ensures end-to-end security, privacy and reliability for the delivery of critical information where it’s needed.

High Level Data Flow

Anonymous – All Data recorded and transmitted is device UID-based.*
* UID is the Unique Identifier associated with a device and is the only information transmitted by the Microshare solution, no personal data is involved.

Employee Beacon scans for other employee beacon

Employee Beacon scans for other employee beacon nearby and record distance and duration
If two or more beacons have been close to each other (e.g. within 2 meters for 10 minutes) then a proximity event will be registered and stored in each employee beacon
Only beacons UID are recorded – No PII Information is stored

Employee Beacon scans for location beacon

Employee Beacon scans for location beacon and record duration
If the employee beacon has been in the same location for a duration exceeding 10 minutes, then a proximity event will be created and stored in the device
Only beacons UID are recorded – No PII information

Proximity Events recorded

Proximity Events recorded in employee beacons are transmitted to Wave Scanner -> LoRaWAN Gateway -> Microshare cloud
Only proximity events will be sent

Data from LoRaWAN Gateway is transmitted

Data from LoRaWAN Gateway is transmitted through Microshare Smart network (encrypted) via 4G/3G backhaul (independent from Client network)
The data is “transient” in Microshare network. It immediately transmitted to Client environment for further processing and then deleted

Data received from Microshare network is processed

Data Received from Microshare network is processed and made available in JSON format as a RESTful API
Data can be stored and queried on the Microshare platform or directly on client environment
Client is responsible for matching Employee Beacon IDs with employee name in conformance with their own HR and data privacy policies