Multi-Tag Tracking Systems and Methods
First Claim
1. A tag tracking system, comprising:
- one or more asset radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, each asset tag associated with an asset;
one or more asset aggregation RFID tags, each asset aggregation tag associated with an aggregation of assets;
one or more personnel RFID tags, each personnel tag associated with a person;
one or more receivers operable to receive tag information from the one or more asset tags, the one or more asset aggregation tags, and the one or more personnel tags; and
control software operable to;
receive at least a portion of the tag information from the one or more receivers; and
integrate the received tag information to track the one or more asset tags, one or more asset aggregation tags, and one or more personnel tags in association with one another.
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Abstract
In certain embodiments, a tag tracking system includes one or more asset radio frequency identification (RFID) tags each associated with an asset, one or more asset aggregation RFID tags each associated with an aggregation of assets, and one or more personnel RFID tags each associated with a person. The system also includes one or more receivers operable to receive tag information from the one or more asset tags, the one or more asset aggregation tags, and the one or more personnel tags. The system also includes control software operable to receive at least a portion of the tag information from the one or more receivers and to integrate the received tag information to track the one or more asset tags, one or more asset aggregation tags, and one or more personnel tags in association with one another.
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36 Claims
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1. A tag tracking system, comprising:
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one or more asset radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, each asset tag associated with an asset;
one or more asset aggregation RFID tags, each asset aggregation tag associated with an aggregation of assets;
one or more personnel RFID tags, each personnel tag associated with a person;
one or more receivers operable to receive tag information from the one or more asset tags, the one or more asset aggregation tags, and the one or more personnel tags; and
control software operable to;
receive at least a portion of the tag information from the one or more receivers; and
integrate the received tag information to track the one or more asset tags, one or more asset aggregation tags, and one or more personnel tags in association with one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for tracking tags, comprising:
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receiving tag information from one or more receivers, the one or more receivers having received the tag information from one or more asset radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, one or more asset aggregation RFID tags, and one or more personnel RFID tags, each asset tag associated with an asset, each asset aggregation tag associated with an aggregation of assets, and each personnel tag associated with a person; and
integrating the received tag information to track the one or more asset tags, one or more asset aggregation tags, and one or more personnel tags in association with one another. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An asset aggregation tag for tracking one or more asset tags, comprising:
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a power source; and
one or more processing units operable to transition to a tag reader state to;
transmit a query to one or more asset tags each having an associated sensor, the query requesting a sensor condition of the sensor of the asset tag;
receive, from each of the one or more asset tags, tag information comprising a sensor condition responsive to the query; and
transmit an indication of the sensor condition of at least one of the asset tags. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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