RFID edge server with socket multiplexing

• US 20070044092A1
• Filed: 09/22/2005
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Banerjee, Ashok
• Granted Patent: US 7,660,890 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• 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 to run applications, the RFID edge server having TCP/IP socket connections with the multiple RFID readers, the RFID edge server having a fewer access threads for the RFID readers than there are socket connections.

2. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein at least some the access threads are written in a non-java language.

3. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the application server runs java applications.

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 application server of the RFID edge server runs on top of an operating system.

7. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the access threads are native to the operating system.

8. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein there are a fixed number of access threads.

9. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the number of access threads is proportional to the number of CPUs of the RFID edge server.

10. An RFID edge server to associate with multiple RFID readers at a location, the RFID edge server including an application server to run java applications, the RFID edge server having TCP/IP socket connections with the multiple RFID readers, the RFID edge server having a fewer access threads for the RFID readers than there are RFID readers, wherein the access threads are written in a non-java language.

11. The RFID edge server of claim 10, 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 10, wherein the application server of the RFID edge server runs on top of an operating system.

13. The RFID edge server of claim 10, wherein the access threads are native to the operating system.

14. The RFID edge server of claim 10, wherein there are a fixed number of access threads.

15. The RFID edge server of claim 10, wherein the number of access threads is proportional to the number of CPUs of the RFID edge server.

16. An RFID edge server to associate with multiple RFID readers at a location, the RFID edge server including an application server with muxer sockets, the muxer sockets being dedicated to interact with RFID readers.

17. The RFID edge server of claim 16, wherein the RFID edge server has fewer access threads for the RFID readers than there are socket connections.

18. The RFID edge server of claim 17, wherein at least some the access sockets are written in a non-java language.

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

20. The RFID edge server of claim 16, wherein the application server of the RFID edge server runs on top of an operating system.

21. The RFID edge server of claim 16, wherein the RFID edge server has access threads for the RFID readers and wherein the access threads are native to the operating system.

22. The RFID edge server of claim 16, wherein there are a fixed number of access threads.

23. The RFID edge server of claim 16, wherein the number of access threads is proportional to the number of CPUs of the RFID edge server.

24. An RFID edge server to associate with multiple RFID readers at a location, the RFID edge server including an application server to run applications, the RFID edge server having TCP/IP socket connections with the multiple RFID readers, the RFID edge server having a fewer access threads for the RFID readers than there are socket connections, the default number of access threads being proportional to the number of CPUs of the RFID edge server.

25. The RFID edge server of claim 24, wherein there are a fixed number of access threads.

26. The RFID edge server of claim 24, wherein the number of access threads is proportional to the number of CPUs of the RFID edge server.