Systems and methods for operating and management of RFID network devices
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1. A method for managing a plurality of objects using RFID tags in a real-time environment, the method comprising:
- transferring information in a first format from one or more RFID tags using an RFID network, the one or more RFID tags being coupled to respective objects, each of the objects being capable of movement by a human user;
capturing information in the first format using one or more RFID readers provided at one or more predetermined spatial region using the RFID network;
parsing the information in the first format into a second format;
processing the information in the second format using one or more processing rules to identify if the one or more RFID tags at a time period of T1 is associated with the one or more RFID tags at a time period of T2;
transferring a portion of the information from the RFID network to an enterprise network;
receiving the portion of the information at an enterprise resource planning process using the enterprise network;
determining if the one or more respective objects is physically present at a determined spatial location or not present at the determined spatial location at the time period T2.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for improving the performance of data collection networks. Such systems are provided for conditioning and aggregating data from data collection elements and provided for presenting this aggregated data through a common interface. Also included are means for data collection and retention in successive hierarchical proxy levels, providing device aggregation.
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1. A method for managing a plurality of objects using RFID tags in a real-time environment, the method comprising:
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transferring information in a first format from one or more RFID tags using an RFID network, the one or more RFID tags being coupled to respective objects, each of the objects being capable of movement by a human user;
capturing information in the first format using one or more RFID readers provided at one or more predetermined spatial region using the RFID network;
parsing the information in the first format into a second format;
processing the information in the second format using one or more processing rules to identify if the one or more RFID tags at a time period of T1 is associated with the one or more RFID tags at a time period of T2;
transferring a portion of the information from the RFID network to an enterprise network;
receiving the portion of the information at an enterprise resource planning process using the enterprise network;
determining if the one or more respective objects is physically present at a determined spatial location or not present at the determined spatial location at the time period T2. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for processing RFID traffic between a first network and a second network, the method comprising:
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transferring information associated with a plurality of RFID tags corresponding to respective plurality of objects in a first format through an RFID network;
processing the information in the first format using one or more rules to identify one or more attributes in a portion of the information in the first format, the one or more attributes in the portion of the information being associated with at least one of the plurality of RFID tags;
processing the portion of the information in the first format associated with the change into information in a second format to be transferred from the RFID network;
transferring the portion of the information in the second format through an enterprise network; and
dropping other information in the first format from being transferred through the enterprise network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for managing RFID devices operably disposed in a pre-selected geographic region, the system comprising:
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at least 3 RFID readers, each of the RFID readers being spatially disposed in selected determined regions of a physical space;
an RFID network coupled to each of the RFID readers;
an RFID gateway coupled to the RFID network, the RFID gateway being adapted to process information in at least a link layer and a network layer of the RFID network from the at least 3 RFID readers;
an enterprise network coupled to the RFID gateway; and
an ERP management process coupled to the enterprise network and coupled to the RFID gateway. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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