METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES INFORMATION
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Abstract
Computer-readable storage media and methods are described in relation to management, control, and distribution of automated identification technology (AIT) information and data associated with sensors and tags utilized for asset identification and tracking. The method includes generating a gateway for at least one of read and write access to deployed identification sensors and tags associated with a set of assets, the sensors and tags incorporating a plurality of disparate native solution formats, providing data storage and management with hierarchical functionality in a common data format for information passing through the generated gateway, the information related to the assets as provided by the deployed identification sensors and tags, executing a service framework for data delivery to and from the deployed sensors and tags via a publish and subscribe middleware service layer that provides access to the gateway through a common middleware interface, and providing a user interface through which commands to the common middleware interface are generated.
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22. One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to:
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transform data from diverse automated identification components, delivered in multiple native solution formats, to a common data structure format within an Extensible Markup Language (XML) framework; associate the transformed automated identification component data with specific locations to generate spatial location data for the assets associated with respective automated identification components; and provide access to the transformed and associated automated identification component data via a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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23. An asset tracking system comprising:
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a first computer system associated with a first location and configured to transmit, using a first data format, data relating to a first identification device associated with a first physical asset when a presence of the first identification device is detected by the first computer system, the first data format associated with the first identification device; a second computer system associated with a second location and configured to transmit, using a second data format, data relating to a second identification device associated with a second physical asset when a presence of the second identification device is detected by the second computer system, the second data format associated with the second identification device; an asset tracking gateway device coupled in communication with said first computer system and said second computer system and configured to; receive the data relating to the first and second identification devices in the respective first and second data formats; convert the data in the first and second data formats to a common data format; store a first asset identification event in association with the data relating to the first identification device in the common data format, the first asset identification event including a location and a time at which the presence of the asset was detected by said first computer system; and store a second asset identification event in association with the data relating to the second identification device in the common data format, the second asset identification event including a location and a time at which the presence of the asset was detected by said second computer system. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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