SYSTEM FOR TRACKING IMPORTANT TRAVEL ITEMS USING RFID TAGS AND PERVASIVE COMPUTING DEVICES
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1. A system comprising:
- at least one wireless identification tag, each of which is affixed to one or more travel items deemed by user to be important travel items, each tag having a unique identifier;
a list of important travel items having descriptions of said tagged travel items and associated unique identifiers;
an wireless identification tag reader; and
a computing device configured to access said list, to receive said unique identifiers from said tags via said tag reader upon user operation by scanning contents of one or more travel containers, to verify which items on said list are found during said scan, and to notify said user of any items on said list which are not found during said scan.
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Abstract
A system for checking travel bag for important items by applying an RFID tag to each of a plurality of items, each RFID tag having a unique identifier, storing a list of items and associated RFID tag identifiers in a data store, receiving a user selection of important items for a particular trip, transferring a subset of said plurality of items to a portable computing device, using the portable computing device to scan the RFID tags on the user'"'"'s packed items, determining if any important items are missing, and displaying a warning to the user if any item from the list is not found.
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19 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one wireless identification tag, each of which is affixed to one or more travel items deemed by user to be important travel items, each tag having a unique identifier; a list of important travel items having descriptions of said tagged travel items and associated unique identifiers; an wireless identification tag reader; and a computing device configured to access said list, to receive said unique identifiers from said tags via said tag reader upon user operation by scanning contents of one or more travel containers, to verify which items on said list are found during said scan, and to notify said user of any items on said list which are not found during said scan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An automated method comprising:
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providing a list of important travel items having descriptions of said travel items associated with unique identifiers corresponding to wireless identification tags affixed to each of said travel items deemed by user to be important travel items upon operation by a user of a computing device equipped with a reader for said identification tag; (a) accessing said list; (b) scanning one or more tagged items packed in one or more travel containers to receive said unique identifiers from said tags; (c) verifying which items on said list are found during said scan; and (d) notifying said user of any items on said list which are not found during said scan. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer-readable medium suitable for storing software; and one or more software programs stored on said computer-readable medium configured to cause a processor to perform the steps of; (a) provide a list of important travel items having descriptions of said travel items associated with unique identifiers corresponding to wireless identification tags affixed to each of said travel items deemed by user to be important travel items; and (b) upon operation of a computing device by a user equipped with a reader for said identification tags to scan one or more items packed in a travel container; (1) accessing said list; (2) receiving said unique identifiers from said scanned tags; (3) verifying which items on said list are found during said scan; and (4) notifying said user of any items on said list which are not found during said scan. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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