Real time total asset visibility system
First Claim
1. A system for tracking a plurality of objects on a real time basis, said system comprising:
- a) at least one host controller, b) a plurality of tags associated with a plurality of objects and movable therewith, c) a reader assembly structured to receive transmitted data from said plurality of tags at least when said plurality of tags are within a predetermined locale, and d) at least some of said plurality of tags including uni-directional, multi frequency capabilities at least partially defined by activation of said tags at a first frequency and transmission of data from said tags to said reader assembly at a second frequency, and e) said reader assembly communicative with said host controller to facilitate determination of a status of individual ones of said plurality of tags within said predetermined locale.
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Abstract
A system and method for tracking articles and controlling inventory thereof on a real time basis comprising the use of a tag assembly including a plurality of tags including both active tags and passive tags distinguishable from one another by the provision of a self contained power source in the active tags. One or more readers are disposed within a locale being monitored and are structured to communicate received data transmission from a host controller, for additional administrative processing in terms of determining the existence, location and/or movement of various articles with which the plurality of tags are directly associated. Depending on their category the tags may be activated by either entering an electric field of a predetermined first frequency or by receiving an activation signal from the reader assembly also transmitted at the first predetermined frequency. Communication between the tags and the reader occurs at a second frequency being different from the first frequency.
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1. A system for tracking a plurality of objects on a real time basis, said system comprising:
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a) at least one host controller, b) a plurality of tags associated with a plurality of objects and movable therewith, c) a reader assembly structured to receive transmitted data from said plurality of tags at least when said plurality of tags are within a predetermined locale, and d) at least some of said plurality of tags including uni-directional, multi frequency capabilities at least partially defined by activation of said tags at a first frequency and transmission of data from said tags to said reader assembly at a second frequency, and e) said reader assembly communicative with said host controller to facilitate determination of a status of individual ones of said plurality of tags within said predetermined locale. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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