Tracking assets between organizations in a consortium of organizations
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1. A system comprising:
- a network of auto-id nodes, wherein each auto-id node comprise an index data that defines a hierarchical relationship between the auto-id node and another auto-id node within the network, and wherein the auto-id nodes comprise a storage for storing status and history data about one or more assets that have been read by the auto-id node; and
a processor operable to extract data from the network of auto-id nodes by following index data within the auto-id nodes to query only selected auto-id nodes within the network, wherein the selected nodes are arranged in a hierarchical network defined by indices of the auto-id nodes.
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A system includes a network of auto-id nodes and a processor. Each auto-id node includes index data that defines a hierarchical relationship between the auto-id node and another auto-id node within the network, and the auto-id nodes include a storage for storing status and history data about one or more assets that have been read by the auto-id node. The processor is operable to extract data from the network of auto-id nodes by following index data within the auto-id nodes to query only selected auto-id nodes within the network, and the selected nodes are arranged in a hierarchical network defined by indices of the auto-id nodes.
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1. A system comprising:
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a network of auto-id nodes, wherein each auto-id node comprise an index data that defines a hierarchical relationship between the auto-id node and another auto-id node within the network, and wherein the auto-id nodes comprise a storage for storing status and history data about one or more assets that have been read by the auto-id node; and
a processor operable to extract data from the network of auto-id nodes by following index data within the auto-id nodes to query only selected auto-id nodes within the network, wherein the selected nodes are arranged in a hierarchical network defined by indices of the auto-id nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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within a network of auto-id nodes that each comprise a storage for storing status and history data about one or more assets that have been read by the auto-id node, defining hierarchical relationships between different auto-id nodes in an auto-ID system;
storing an index relating a first auto-id node to a second auto-id node in the first auto-id node; and
extracting data from the network of auto-id nodes by following index data within the auto-id nodes to query only selected auto-id nodes within the network, wherein the selected nodes are arranged in a hierarchical network defined by indices of the auto-id nodes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions for causing a one or more processors to:
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define hierarchical relationships between different auto-id nodes in an auto-ID system within a network of auto-id nodes that each comprise a storage for storing status and history data about one or more assets that have been read by the auto-id node, store an index relating a first auto-id node to a second auto-id node in the first auto-id node; and
extract data from the network of auto-id nodes by following index data within the auto-id nodes to query only selected auto-id nodes within the network, wherein the selected nodes are arranged in a hierarchical network defined by indices of the auto-id nodes. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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