RFID edge server with in process JAVA connector to connect to legacy systems

• US 20070044091A1
• 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:
  US11/232,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20070044091A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/176
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4505 using standardised directories; using standardised directory access protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

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 using a java connector.

2. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the java connector to connect to ERP software at another location.

3. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the RFID edge server also communicates with an EPCIS server.

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 RFID edge server is 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.

8. An RFID edge server to associate with multiple RFID readers at a location, the RFID edge server including an application server using a java connector to connect to a ERP software at another location.

9. The RFID edge server of claim 8, wherein the RFID edge server also communicates with an EPCIS server.

10. The RFID edge server of claim 8, wherein the application server uses muxer sockets.

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

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

13. The RFID edge server of claim 8, wherein the RFID edge server is 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.

14. An RFID edge server to associate with multiple RFID readers at a location, the RFID edge server including an application server using a java connector to connect to ERP software such that the RFID edge server can communicate with an EPCIS server and the ERP software.

15. The RFID edge server of claim 14, wherein the application server uses muxer sockets.

16. The RFID edge server of claim 14, wherein the RFID edge server and at least some of the RFID readers are interconnected using a local network.

17. The RFID edge server of claim 14, wherein the RFID edge server is adapted to filter communications from the RFID readers.

18. The RFID edge server of claim 14, wherein the RFID edge server is 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.