Packaging of EPCIS software

• US 20070044090A1
• 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:
  US11/232,620
• Publication Number:
  US 20070044090A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• 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 EPCIS server including an application server adapted to receive EPCIS software packaged into an archive file and to open the archive file to install the EPCIS software into the application server.

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

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

4. The EPCIS server of claim 1, further comprising a RFID edge server operably connected with the EPCIS server.

5. The EPCIS server of claim 4, wherein the RFID edge server is operably connected to RFID readers.

6. The EPCIS server of claim 4, wherein the RFID edge server includes another application server adapted to receive RFID software packaged into another archive file and to open the another archive file to install the RFID software into the another application server.

7. The EPCIS server of claim 4, wherein the RFID edge server and the EPCIS server are connected across the Internet.

8. A method comprising:

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

at the EPCIS server, opening the archive file to install the EPCIS 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 an RFID edge server is operably connected with the EPCIS server.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the RFID edge server is operably connected to RFID readers.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the RFID edge server includes another application server adapted to receive RFID software packaged into another archive file and to open the another archive file to install the RFID software into the another application server.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the RFID edge server and the EPCIS server are connected across the Internet.

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

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

at the EPCIS server, opening the archive file to install the EPCIS 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 an RFID edge server is operably connected with the EPCIS server.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the RFID edge server is operably connected to RFID readers.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the RFID edge server includes another application server adapted to receive RFID software packaged into another archive file and to open the another archive file to install the RFID software into the another application server.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the RFID edge server and the EPCIS server are connected across the Internet.