BUILDING A LOCATION BASED SERVICE REFERENCE DATABASE BASED ON ENCOUNTERED RFID TAGS
First Claim
1. A method for communication, the method comprising:
- performing by one or more processors and/or circuits in a RFID enabled mobile device, said RFID enabled mobile device comprising a RFID reader;
receiving, via said RFID reader, RFID information from a RFID tag that is attached to an object;
determining a location of said RFID enabled mobile device;
associating said determined location of said RFID enabled mobile device with said received RFID information; and
communicating said location-associated RFID information to a remote location server.
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Abstract
A RFID reader of a RFID enabled mobile device receives RFID information from a RFID tag attached to an object. In instances where the RFID enabled mobile device is GNSS enabled, a GNSS position of the RFID enabled mobile device is determined to associate, for example, by location stamping, with the received RFID information. The location-stamped RFID information is communicated to a remote location server, where location-based RFID information is received from a plurality of users. The RFID enabled mobile device may communicate at least a portion of the received RFID information to the remote location server. When GNSS is not enabled, the RFID enabled mobile device estimates its own location utilizing location information, if available, for the object in the received RFID information. Otherwise, the RFID enabled mobile device acquires location-based RFID information from the remote location server so as to determine its own location.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for communication, the method comprising:
performing by one or more processors and/or circuits in a RFID enabled mobile device, said RFID enabled mobile device comprising a RFID reader; receiving, via said RFID reader, RFID information from a RFID tag that is attached to an object; determining a location of said RFID enabled mobile device; associating said determined location of said RFID enabled mobile device with said received RFID information; and communicating said location-associated RFID information to a remote location server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for communication, the method comprising:
performing by one or more processors and/or circuits in a RFID enabled mobile device, said RFID enabled mobile device comprising a RFID reader; receiving, via said RFID reader, RFID information from a RFID tag that is attached to an object; communicating at least a portion of said RFID information to a remote location server; receiving location-based information from said remote location server that is based on said communicated at least a portion of said RFID information; and determining location information of said object according to said location-based information received from said remote location server. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for communication, the system comprising:
one or more processors and/or circuits for use in a RFID enabled mobile device comprising a RFID reader, said one or more processors and/or circuits being operable to; receive, via said RFID reader, RFID information from a RFID tag that is attached to an object; determine a location of said RFID enabled mobile device; associate said determined location of said RFID enabled mobile device with said received RFID information; and communicate said location-associated RFID information to a remote location server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for communication, the system comprising:
one or more processors and/or circuits for use in a RFID enabled mobile device comprising a RFID reader, said one or more processors and/or circuits being operable to; receive, via said RFID reader, RFID information from a RFID tag that is attached to an object; communicate at least a portion of said RFID information to a remote location server; receive location-based information from said remote location server that is based on said communicated at least a portion of said RFID information; and determine location information of said object according to said location-based information received from said remote location server. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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