Providing selective access to tracking information
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method for communicating tracking information about items, the method comprising:
- creating tracking information for a collection of items, the tracking information representing each of the items as one or more attributes and optional corresponding values;
encoding the tracking information by encoding each instance of each distinct attribute in the tracking information with its corresponding distinct coding scheme;
sending the encoded tracking information to a recipient;
determining which attributes the recipient is authorized to access; and
providing the recipient with a subset of the coding schemes, the subset including only coding schemes for attributes that the recipient is authorized to access.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
System and methods for communicating tracking information about tagged items. A tagged item is a tangible item that carries a self-identifying tag. The tracking information can be stored in the tag or in a document that is accessible through an item tracking system. The tracking information can be accessible by multiple consumers having different levels of access. The methods include methods for masking redundancies in the tracking information, filtering the tracking information, and controlling access to the tracking information.
56 Citations
10 Claims
-
1. A method for communicating tracking information about items, the method comprising:
-
creating tracking information for a collection of items, the tracking information representing each of the items as one or more attributes and optional corresponding values;
encoding the tracking information by encoding each instance of each distinct attribute in the tracking information with its corresponding distinct coding scheme;
sending the encoded tracking information to a recipient;
determining which attributes the recipient is authorized to access; and
providing the recipient with a subset of the coding schemes, the subset including only coding schemes for attributes that the recipient is authorized to access. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
-
-
6. A method for communicating information about an item, the method comprising:
-
creating tracking information for an item, the tracking information being one or more attributes and optional corresponding values;
encoding the tracking information by encoding each instance of each distinct attribute with a corresponding distinct coding scheme;
storing the encoded tracking information in a tag bound to the item;
determining which attributes a recipient is authorized to access; and
providing each recipient authorized to access attributes of an item with a subset of the coding schemes, the subset including only coding schemes for attributes that the recipient is authorized to access. - View Dependent Claims (7)
-
-
8. A method for accessing tracking information about items, the method comprising:
-
receiving encoded tracking information for a collection of items, the tracking information representing each of the items as one or more attributes and optional corresponding values, the tracking information encoded by encoding each instance of each distinct attribute in the tracking information with its corresponding distinct coding scheme;
receiving a subset of the coding schemes, the subset including only coding schemes for attributes that the recipient is authorized to access; and
decoding the attributes that the recipient is authorized to access. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
-
Specification