OFFLINE MOBILE RFID EVENT PERSISTENCY AND SYNCHRONIZATION

• US 20120130946A1
• Filed: 01/27/2012
• Published: 05/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Huang, Qiming, Zhou, Honghao
• Granted Patent: US 8,594,004 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/617
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer

Abstract

In various embodiments, RFID events are stored in a normalized format on mobile device configured by metadata pushed by a centralized data hub. RFID events are pre-processes with filtering logic by a mobile interrogator/reader before being inserted into tables of a local relational database on the mobile device when the mobile device cannot otherwise communicate collected events to the centralized data hub. The metadata provides a simple, efficient, and standard interface for persisting the RFID events such that local access from applications on the mobile device is provided.

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing application executed on a mobile device with a centralized database, the method comprising:

synchronizing, with one or more processors associated with one or more computer systems, with a mobile device first metadata indicative of how one or more applications executed on the mobile device normalize data collected from one or more sensor device by the mobile device;

synchronizing, with one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, a first RFID event collected according to the first metadata from an offline database at the mobile device with an online database associated with the one or more computer systems in response to a determination at the mobile device to synchronize RFID events stored in the offline database with the online database;

synchronizing, with the one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, with the mobile device second metadata indicative of how the one or more applications executed on the mobile device normalize data collected from the one or more sensor device by the mobile device;

synchronizing, with one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, a second RFID event collected according to the second metadata from the offline database at the mobile device with the online database associated with the one or more computer systems in response to a determination at the mobile device to synchronize RFID events stored in the offline database with the online database; and

updating, with the one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, the online database according to either the first metadata or the second metadata.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing the first or second RFID event in the offline database on the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

accessing the first or second RFID event using an application on the mobile device when the mobile device is offline.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining whether to store the first or second RFID event on the mobile device in response to a determination whether a link exists between the mobile device and a server.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining whether to synchronize the first or second RFID events stored on the mobile device with a server in response to detecting establishment of a link between the mobile device and the server.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein synchronizing the first or second metadata further comprises updating the offline database on the mobile device with metadata that controls one or more applications executed on the mobile device.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code for synchronizing application executed on a mobile device with a centralized database, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

code for synchronizing with a mobile device first metadata indicative of how one or more applications executed on the mobile device normalize data collected from one or more sensor device by the mobile device;

code for synchronizing a first RFID event collected according to the first metadata from an offline database at the mobile device with an online database associated with the one or more computer systems in response to a determination at the mobile device to synchronize RFID events stored in the offline database with the online database;

code for synchronizing with the mobile device second metadata indicative of how the one or more applications executed on the mobile device normalize data collected from the one or more sensor device by the mobile device;

code for synchronizing a second RFID event collected according to the second metadata from the offline database at the mobile device with the online database associated with the one or more computer systems in response to a determination at the mobile device to synchronize RFID events stored in the offline database with the online database; and

code for updating the online database according to either the first metadata or the second metadata.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 further comprising:

code for storing the first or second RFID event in the offline database on the mobile device.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 further comprising:

code for accessing the first or second RFID event using an application on the mobile device when the mobile device is offline.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 further comprising code for determining whether to store the first or second RFID event on the mobile device in response to a determination whether a link exists between the mobile device and a server.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 further comprising code for determining whether to synchronize the first or second RFID events stored on the mobile device with a server in response to detecting establishment of a link between the mobile device and the server.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 wherein the code for synchronizing the first or second metadata further comprises code for updating the offline database on the mobile device with metadata that controls one or more applications executed on the mobile device.

13. A system for synchronizing application executed on a mobile device with a centralized database, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory in communication with the processor and storing a set of instruction which when executed by the processor cause the processor to;

synchronize with a mobile device first metadata indicative of how one or more applications executed on the mobile device normalize data collected from one or more sensor device by the mobile device;

synchronize a first RFID event collected according to the first metadata from an offline database at the mobile device with an online database associated with the one or more computer systems in response to a determination at the mobile device to synchronize RFID events stored in the offline database with the online database;

synchronize with the mobile device second metadata indicative of how the one or more applications executed on the mobile device normalize data collected from the one or more sensor device by the mobile device;

synchronize a second RFID event collected according to the second metadata from the offline database at the mobile device with the online database associated with the one or more computer systems in response to a determination at the mobile device to synchronize RFID events stored in the offline database with the online database; and

update the online database according to either the first metadata or the second metadata.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the processor is further configured to:

store the first or second RFID event in the offline database on the mobile device.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the processor is further configured to:

configure the mobile device to access the first or second RFID event using an application on the mobile device when the mobile device is offline.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein the processor is further configured to configure the mobile device to determine whether to store the first or second RFID event on the mobile device in response to a determination whether a link exists between the mobile device and a server.

17. The system of claim 13 wherein the processor is further configured to configure the mobile device to determine whether to synchronize the first or second RFID events stored on the mobile device with a server in response to detecting establishment of a link between the mobile device and the server.

18. The system of claim 13 wherein the processor is further configured to configure the mobile device to synchronize the first or second metadata in response to updating the offline database on the mobile device with metadata that controls one or more applications executed on the mobile device.