SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RFID DATA TRACKING
First Claim
1. A method for tracking wine making data received from a wine barrel stored in a rack using in a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, comprising:
- providing an extendible hand-held RFID scanner to reach within transmission proximity of an RFID tag attached to the wine barrel;
storing wine barrel identification data on the RFID tag;
receiving the wine barrel identification data from the RFID tag on the hand-held RFID scanner;
sending wine making data corresponding to the identified wine barrel from the hand-held RFID scanner to a remote computer;
receiving wine making data from the remote computer on the hand-held RFID scanner;
selecting a first portion of the wine making data to be managed on the hand-held RFID scanner in a manner suited to the wine making process; and
selecting a second portion of the wine making data to be managed on the remote computer in a manner suited to the wine making process.
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Abstract
A hand-held RFID scanner has an extendable shaft with a handle for gripping of the RFID scanner. The shaft expands and retracts with a plurality of telescoping segments, either manually or with an electrical mechanism. An RFID antenna/reader is disposed on one end of the shaft. The RFID reader communicates with an RFID tag by RF communication link. A local controller, implemented as a PDA, is mounted to the extendable shaft and electrically connected to the RFID antenna/reader to receive data from the RFID tag. The local controller has an antenna for transmitting the data to a remote computer. The local controller executes software which allows the user to select whether the data is stored in the RFID tag or the remote computer. The software uses the RFID tag, RFID scanner with local controller, and remote computer to manage data associated with an object such as a wine barrel.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for tracking wine making data received from a wine barrel stored in a rack using in a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, comprising:
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providing an extendible hand-held RFID scanner to reach within transmission proximity of an RFID tag attached to the wine barrel;
storing wine barrel identification data on the RFID tag;
receiving the wine barrel identification data from the RFID tag on the hand-held RFID scanner;
sending wine making data corresponding to the identified wine barrel from the hand-held RFID scanner to a remote computer;
receiving wine making data from the remote computer on the hand-held RFID scanner;
selecting a first portion of the wine making data to be managed on the hand-held RFID scanner in a manner suited to the wine making process; and
selecting a second portion of the wine making data to be managed on the remote computer in a manner suited to the wine making process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for tracking data related to wine making received from a wine barrel stored in a rack using a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, comprising:
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providing an extendible hand-held RFID scanner to reach within transmission proximity of an RFID tag attached to the wine barrel;
selecting a first portion of data related to wine making for storage on an RFID tag;
selecting a second portion of data related to wine making for storage on a remote computer;
selecting a third portion of data related to wine making for storage on the hand-held RFID scanner;
reading the first portion of data related to wine making from the RFID tag;
reading the second portion of data related to wine making from the remote computer; and
managing the second and third portions of data related to wine making on the hand-held RFID scanner and remote computer, respectively, in a manner suited to the wine making process. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for tracking data related to manufacturing processes using a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, comprising:
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providing an extendible hand-held RFID scanner to reach within transmission proximity of an RFID tag;
providing a graphical user interface to the hand-held RFID scanner;
receiving data from the RFID tag; and
managing manufacturing data received in part from the RFID tag through the graphical user interface on the hand-held RFID scanner by selecting a first portion of the manufacturing data to be managed on the hand-held RFID scanner and selecting a second portion of the manufacturing data to be managed on a remote computer in a manner suited to the manufacturing process. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program product usable with a programmable computer processor having a computer readable program code embodied therein, comprising:
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computer readable program code which stores wine barrel identification data on the RFID tag;
computer readable program code which receives the wine barrel identification data from an RFID tag on a hand-held RFID scanner which is extendible to reach within transmission proximity of a wine barrel;
computer readable program code which sends wine making data corresponding to the identified wine barrel from the hand-held RFID scanner to a remote computer;
computer readable program code which receives wine making data from the remote computer on the hand-held RFID scanner;
computer readable program code which selects a first portion of the wine making data to be managed on the hand-held RFID scanner; and
computer readable program code which manages a second portion of the wine making data to be managed on the remote computer. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A computer system for performing radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking of data related to wine making received from a wine barrel stored in a rack, comprising:
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means for extending hand-held RFID scanner to reach within transmission proximity of an RFID tag attached to the wine barrel;
means for selecting a first portion of data related to wine making for storage on an RFID tag;
means for selecting a second portion of data related to wine making for storage on a remote computer;
means for selecting a third portion of data related to wine making for storage on the hand-held RFID scanner;
means for reading the first portion of data related to wine making from the RFID tag;
means for reading the second portion of data related to wine making from the remote computer; and
means for managing the second and third portions of data related to wine making on the hand-held RFID scanner and remote computer, respectively, in a manner suited to the wine making process. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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