LOCATING A DEVICE IN A GIVEN STATE
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Abstract
Methods and computer program products for locating devices having a given state by locating a device using an RFID tag associated with the device that responds to queries from an RFID tag reader independently of the state of the device, and determining the state of the device using an RFID tag associated with the device that responds selectively in dependence upon the state of the device. A system for locating devices having a given state comprises an RFID tag reader for locating a device by reading an RFID tag associated with the device that responds independently of the state of the device, and an RFID tag reader for determining the state of the device by reading an RFID tag associated with the device that responds selectively in dependence upon the state of the device.
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27 Claims
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10. A system for locating a device in a given state, comprising:
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an RFID tag reader for locating a device by reading a first RFID tag associated with the device, wherein the first RFID tag responds to the RFID tag reader for locating the device independently of the state of the device; and an RFID tag reader for determining the state of the device by reading a second RFID tag associated with the device, wherein the second RFID tag responds to the RFID tag reader for determining the state of the device selectively in dependence upon the state of the device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product for locating a device in a given state, said computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code tangibly embodied therein, said computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code configured to locate a device using an RFID tag reader and a first RFID tag associated with the device that responds to queries from an RFID tag reader independently of the state of the device; and computer readable program code configured to determine the state of the device using an RFID tag reader and a second RFID tag associated with the device that responds to queries from an RFID tag reader selectively in dependence upon the state of the device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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