Event boxcarring of RFID information sent from RFID edge server

• US 20070044093A1
• 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 7,835,954 B2
• 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: G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• 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 adapted to filter the communications from the readers and to boxcar event reports to a central server.

2. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the application server uses a java connector to connect to ERP software.

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

7. The RFID edge server of claim 1, wherein the boxcarred event reports are sent in a transactional manner.

8. A method comprising:

at a RFID edge server, receiving messages from RFID readers;

at the RFID edge server, filtering the messages from the RFID readers; and

at the RFID edge server, boxcarring event reports, including data from the messages, to a central server.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein 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.

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

11. The method 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.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the application server uses a java connector to connect to ERP software.

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

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the boxcarred event reports are sent in a transactional manner.

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

at a RFID edge server, receiving messages from RFID readers;

at the RFID edge server, filtering the messages from the RFID readers; and

at the RFID edge server, boxcarring event reports, including data from the messages, to a central server.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein 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.

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

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, 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.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the application server uses a java connector to connect to ERP software.

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

21. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the boxcarred event reports are sent in a transactional manner.