Packaging of RFID software at edge server

• US 20070044089A1
• Filed: 09/22/2005
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Banerjee, Ashok
• Application Number:
  US11/232,524
• Publication Number:
  US 20070044089A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10475 arrangements to facilitate interaction with further interrogation devices, e.g. such that at least two interrogation devices may function and cooperate in a network of such devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/566 Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing

Abstract

An RFID edge server using an application server allows for improvements in an RFID system.

Claims

1. An RFID edge server to associate with multiple RFID readers at a location, the RFID edge server including an application server adapted to receive RFID software packaged into an archive file and to open the archive file to install the RFID software into the application server.

2. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the archive file is a J2EE standard archive file.

3. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the archive file is a JAR file.

4. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the application server uses muxer sockets.

5. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the RFID edge server and at least some of the RFID readers are interconnected using a local network.

6. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the RFID edge server is adapted to filter communications from the RFID readers.

7. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the application server has transaction capable local JMS server to send messages to a central server.

8. A method comprising:

at an RFID edge server, receiving RFID software packaged into an archive file; and

at the RFID edge server, opening the archive file to install the RFID software into the application server.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the archive file is a J2EE standard archive file.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the archive file is a JAR file.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the application server uses muxer sockets.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the RFID edge server and at least some RFID readers are interconnected using a local network.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the RFID edge server is adapted to filter communications from RFID readers.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the application server has transaction capable local JMS server to send messages to a central server.

15. A computer readable medium including code adapted to do the steps of:

at an RFID edge server, receiving RFID software packaged into an archive file; and

at the RFID edge server, opening the archive file to install the RFID software into the application server.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the archive file is a J2EE standard archive file.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the archive file is a JAR file.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the application server uses muxer sockets.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the RFID edge server and at least some RFID readers are interconnected using a local network.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the RFID edge server is adapted to filter communications from RFID readers.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the application server has transaction capable local JMS server to send messages to a central server.