Context-aware and real-time tracking
First Claim
1. A method for context-aware and real-time tracking of articles, comprising:
- receiving multiple instances of tag-read-data, each instance including information read from a tag bound to an article, the information read including a unique digital identifier read automatically from the tag, each instance also including status information including a location of the corresponding tag and its bound article when the unique identifier was read from the tag, the multiple instances of tag-read-data collectively including information read from tags bound to multiple articles;
receiving one or more instances of context information, each instance describing an associated non-taggable physical circumstance, the context information indicating a status including a location of the circumstance, the multiple instances of context information collectively including information describing multiple circumstances;
using the received tag-read-data and context information to maintain physical objects and context objects in a virtual world, the physical objects including an object for each of the multiple articles and the context objects including an object for each of the multiple circumstances, each of the objects representing the status of its corresponding article or circumstance; and
detecting interactions occurring in the virtual world between the circumstances and the articles as represented by the objects.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for context-aware and real-time tracking of articles. In one aspect, a method includes: receiving multiple instances of tag-read-data, each instance including information read automatically from a tag bound to an article, each instance also including status information including a location of the tag and article; receiving one or more instances of context information, each instance describing an associated non-taggable physical circumstance, the context information indicating a status including a location of the circumstance, the multiple instances of context information collectively including information describing multiple circumstances; using the received tag-read-data and context information to maintain physical objects and context objects in a virtual world, the physical objects representing the articles and the context objects representing the circumstances; and detecting interactions in the virtual world between the circumstances and the articles.
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84 Claims
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1. A method for context-aware and real-time tracking of articles, comprising:
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receiving multiple instances of tag-read-data, each instance including information read from a tag bound to an article, the information read including a unique digital identifier read automatically from the tag, each instance also including status information including a location of the corresponding tag and its bound article when the unique identifier was read from the tag, the multiple instances of tag-read-data collectively including information read from tags bound to multiple articles;
receiving one or more instances of context information, each instance describing an associated non-taggable physical circumstance, the context information indicating a status including a location of the circumstance, the multiple instances of context information collectively including information describing multiple circumstances;
using the received tag-read-data and context information to maintain physical objects and context objects in a virtual world, the physical objects including an object for each of the multiple articles and the context objects including an object for each of the multiple circumstances, each of the objects representing the status of its corresponding article or circumstance; and
detecting interactions occurring in the virtual world between the circumstances and the articles as represented by the objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer product, tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium, for context-aware and real time tracking of articles, the product comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:
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receive multiple instances of tag-read-data, each instance including information read from a tag bound to an article, the information read including a unique digital identifier read automatically from the tag, each instance also including status information including a location of the corresponding tag and its bound article when the unique identifier was read from the tag, the multiple instances of tag-read-data collectively including information read from tags bound to multiple articles;
receive one or more instances of context information, each instance describing an associated non-taggable physical circumstance, the context information indicating a status including a location of the circumstance, the multiple instances of context information collectively including information describing multiple circumstances;
use the received tag-read-data and context information to maintain physical objects and context objects in a virtual world, the physical objects including an object for each of the multiple articles and the context objects including an object for each of the multiple circumstances, each of the objects representing the status of its corresponding article or circumstance; and
detect interactions occurring in the virtual world between the circumstances and articles as represented by the objects. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A system, for context-aware and real-time tracking of articles, comprising:
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means for receiving multiple instances of tag-read-data, each instance including information read from a tag bound to an article, the information read including a unique digital identifier read automatically from the tag, each instance also including status information including a location of the corresponding tag and its bound article when the unique identifier was read from the tag, the multiple instances of tag-read-data collectively including information read from tags bound to multiple articles;
means for receiving one or more instances of context information, each instance describing an associated non-taggable physical circumstance, the context information indicating a status including a location of the circumstance, the multiple instances of context information collectively including information describing multiple circumstances;
means for using the received tag-read-data and context information to maintain physical objects and context objects in a virtual world, the physical objects including an object for each of the multiple articles and the context objects including an object for each of the multiple circumstances, each of the objects representing the status of its corresponding article or circumstance; and
means for detecting interactions occurring in the virtual world between the circumstances and the articles as represented by the objects. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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