INVENTORY MONITORING SYSTEM
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1. An inventory monitoring system for monitoring the presence of a product having a product identification tag associated therewith, wherein the product identification tag contains product identification information, wherein the inventory monitoring system comprises:
- a first data acquisition and transmission device comprising;
a control subsystem;
a wireless tag reader subsystem operably communicating with the control subsystem;
an array of switches operably connecting the wireless tag reader subsystem to at least one first antenna that are capable of receiving the product identification information from the product identification tag;
a wireless communications subsystem operably communicating with the control subsystem, wherein the wireless communications subsystem is capable of transmitting the product identification information via a ubiquitous wireless network; and
a data evaluation subsystem that is capable of receiving the product identification data, and processing the product identification data.
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Abstract
An inventory monitoring system including a data collection and transmission module and a data evaluation module. The data collection and transmission module receives data from an RFID tag and transmits the data to the data evaluation module to thereby enable the presence of a product to which the RFID tag is attached.
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19 Claims
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1. An inventory monitoring system for monitoring the presence of a product having a product identification tag associated therewith, wherein the product identification tag contains product identification information, wherein the inventory monitoring system comprises:
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a first data acquisition and transmission device comprising; a control subsystem; a wireless tag reader subsystem operably communicating with the control subsystem; an array of switches operably connecting the wireless tag reader subsystem to at least one first antenna that are capable of receiving the product identification information from the product identification tag; a wireless communications subsystem operably communicating with the control subsystem, wherein the wireless communications subsystem is capable of transmitting the product identification information via a ubiquitous wireless network; and a data evaluation subsystem that is capable of receiving the product identification data, and processing the product identification data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A process for collecting and managing information about products, wherein the process comprises:
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providing a first data acquisition and transmission device comprising a first control subsystem, a first wireless tag reader subsystem and a wireless communication subsystem; associating a product identification tag with a product, wherein the product identification tag contains product identification information; receiving the product identification information from the product identification tag with a first antenna that is associated with the first wireless tag reader subsystem; transmitting the product identification information with the wireless communication subsystem via a ubiquitous wireless communication network; receiving the transmitted product identification information in a data evaluation subsystem; and processing and storing the product identification information in the data evaluation subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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