SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CENTRAL INDEX FOR RFID DATA WITH DATA PRIVILEGE INDICIA

• US 20080189287A1
• Filed: 01/23/2008
• Published: 08/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Traub, Kenneth R., Sarma, Emani Sanjay
• Granted Patent: US 8,527,539 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database

Abstract

In one embodiment, a central data repository stores product code information. The central data repository can receive permissions from providers of the produce code information. The permissions can indicate whether the product code information can be provided to a third party.

Claims

1. A central data repository adapted to store product code information, the central data repository receiving permissions from providers of the product code information, the permissions indicating whether the product code information can be provided to a third party.

2. The central data repository of claim 1, wherein permissions includes “

share with all third parties”

permission.

3. The central data repository of claim 1, wherein permissions includes “

share with a specific third party only”

permission.

4. The central data repository of claim 1, wherein permissions includes “

share with third party and with those that the third parties designate”

permission.

5. The central data repository of claim 1, wherein the product code information is related to electronic product codes.

6. The central data repository of claim 1, wherein the product code information is EPCIS event information.

7. The central data repository of claim 1, wherein the product code information is derived from RFID data.

8. The central data repository of claim 1, wherein the central data repository authenticates the providers and third parties.

9. The central data repository of claim 1, wherein the central data repository controls the discovery of the existence of the product code information.

10. A central data repository adapted to store product code information, the central data repository receiving permissions from providers of the product code information, the permissions indicating whether the product code information can be provided to a third party, wherein permissions include a “

share with third party and with those that the third parties designate”

permission.

11. The central data repository of claim 10, wherein permissions also includes “

share with all third parties”

permission.

12. The central data repository of claim 10, wherein permissions also includes “

share with a specific third party only”

permission.

13. The central data repository of claim 10, wherein the product code information is related to electronic product codes.

14. The central data repository of claim 10, wherein the product code information is EPCIS event information.

15. The central data repository of claim 10, wherein the product code information is derived from RFID data.

16. The central data repository of claim 10, wherein the central data repository authenticates the providers and third parties.

17. The central data repository of claim 10, wherein the central data repository controls the discovery of the existence of the product code information.

18. A central data repository adapted to store index information and permission information, the central data repository receiving index information from product code data providers, the index information associating a product code with the identity of a product code data provider having product code information for that product code, the central data repository also receiving permission information from product code data providers, the permission information indicating whether the product code information can be provided to a third party.

19. The central data repository of claim 18, wherein permissions includes “

share with all third parties”

permission.

20. The central data repository of claim 18, wherein permissions includes “

share with a specific third party”

permission.

21. The central data repository of claim 18, wherein permissions include “

share with a specific third party and with those that the third parties designate”

permission.

22. The central data repository of claim 18, wherein index information is a tuple associating an electronic product code to the identity of a product code data provider for that electronic product code.

23. The central data repository of claim 18, wherein the central data repository receives a request for index information from a third party, and responds with selected index information previously received from product code data providers.

24. The central data repository of claim 23, wherein the request for index information specifies a product code whose associated index information is to be retrieved.

25. The central data repository of claim 23, wherein the central data repository authenticates the identity of the third party making the request.

26. The central data repository of claim 23, wherein the response contains a subset of previously received index information, the subset being determined according to previously received permission information.

27. The central data repository of claim 23, wherein index information is included in the response only if a previously received permission indicates that index information may be shared with all third parties.

28. The central data repository of claim 23, wherein index information is included in the response only if a previously received permission indicates that index information may be shared with a specific third party, the specific third party being the same as the third party making the request.

29. The central data repository of claim 23, wherein index information is included in the response only if a previously received permission indicates that index information may be shared with a specific third party and those the third party designates, and there is a chain of permissions that connects the specific third party to the third party making the request.

30. The central data repository of claim 23, wherein the response includes all previously received permission information that was used to authorize the inclusion of the index information in the response.

31. The central data repository of claim 18, wherein the permission information received from the product code data provider is digitally signed by the product code data provider.

32. The central data repository of claim 30, wherein the permission information is digitally signed by the product code data provider and the digital signatures are included with the permission information in the response.