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Remote inventory of devices

  • US 20080177969A1
  • Filed: 01/22/2007
  • Published: 07/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a support structure;

    means for communicating with a network;

    a plurality of components disposed within the support structure, each component having an associated radio frequency identification (“

    RFID”

    ) tag; and

    an RFID reader having a read range approximately corresponding with a volume of the support structure and configured to do the following;

    read the RFID tag associated with each of the plurality of components;

    aggregate component information from tag reads; and

    transmit aggregated component information via the network interface.

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