Method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags

• US 10,331,920 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2017
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motedata Corporation
• Original Assignee: Motedata Incorporated
• Inventors: Lupoli, Peter, Kesan, Jay
• Primary Examiner(s): Syed, Nabil H
• Application Number:
  US15/729,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20180032771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90 Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/903 Querying for retrieval from the web G06F16/953
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10257 arrangements for protecting the interrogation against piracy attacks computer security in general G06F21/00; jamming of communication, countermeasures H04K3/00; secret communication H04K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2462 Asset location systems combined with EAS inventory, tracking, logistic G06Q10/00; entrance control systems G07C9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons

Abstract

This invention relates generally to a method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags that are associated in some manner to any type of object. More particularly, the present invention writes data to these tags, reads data from these tags, and manages data that is written to and/or read from these tags.

Claims

1. A method for generating an alarm when one or more tags fall within a proximity comprising:

receiving a first message on a tag, that is broadcast at a regular time interval from a partner tag using a partner timer interrupt on the partner tag, and that includes a partner identifier of the partner tag that is used to distinguish the partner tag from other tags;

reading the partner identifier of the partner tag from said first message on the tag;

sounding an alarm on the tag audible alarm of the tag if said read partner identifier is in a list of sensitive tags on the tag; and

broadcasting from the tag a second message that includes an identifier of the tag at the same regular time interval using a timer interrupt on the tag that the partner tag receives and uses to sound an alarm on the partner tag if the identifier is in a partner list of sensitive tags on the partner tag, wherein the identifier is used to distinguish the tag from other tags.

2. The method for generating an alarm as in claim 1 wherein said sounding an alarm step is performed only if a signature in said first message verifies.

3. The method for generating an alarm as in claim 1 wherein said sounding an alarm step is performed only if a time in said first message is within a predetermined period.

4. The method for generating an alarm as in claim 3 wherein said predetermined period is not more than one minute from a current time.