Self describing RFID chains to validate parts in bills-of-material or manifest when disconnected from server
First Claim
1. A method to track items transported in a container, comprising caching relationships among one or more items of the container by writing the relationships on a memory attached to that container;
- shipping the container to a destination; and
at the destination, scanning the memory to determine whether the transported one or more items arrived at the destination.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed to track items transported in a container having a network; first and second home servers coupled to the network and communicating with first and second wireless nodes, respectively, wherein the first node is authorized to communicate with the first home server and the second node is authorized to communicate with the second home server; the first node caching relationships among one or more items of the container by writing the relationships on a memory attached to that container; shipping the container to a destination; and at the second node, scanning the memory to determine whether the transported one or more items arrived at the destination; a registration server coupled to the network and adapted to assign the first node to the first home server and the second node to the second home server; and an enterprise computer coupled to the network to query the nodes.
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21 Claims
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1. A method to track items transported in a container, comprising
caching relationships among one or more items of the container by writing the relationships on a memory attached to that container; -
shipping the container to a destination; and
at the destination, scanning the memory to determine whether the transported one or more items arrived at the destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18)
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11. A method to track items transported in a container, comprising
determining a relationship among one or more items and zero or more sub-components of each item; -
writing the determined relationship to a first tag attached to the item;
aggregating the one or more items and the zero or more sub-components of the item into one shipment; and
writing a second tag describing all items and attaching the second tag to the shipment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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20. A system to track items transported in a container, comprising:
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a network;
first and second home servers coupled to the network and communicating with first and second wireless nodes, respectively, wherein the first node is authorized to communicate with the first home server and the second node is authorized to communicate with the second home server;
the first node caching relationships among one or more items of the container by writing the relationships on a memory attached to that container;
shipping the container to a destination; and
at the second node, scanning the memory to determine whether the transported one or more items arrived at the destination;
a registration server coupled to the network and adapted to assign the first node to the first home server and the second node to the second home server; and
an enterprise computer coupled to the network to query the nodes. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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