DYNAMIC SCAN CONTEXT DETERMINATION FOR ASSET RECONCILIATION
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating radio frequency identification-based asset reconciliation, the method comprising:
- receiving tag data from a plurality of radio frequency identification tags carrying the tag data, the tag data representative of a plurality of assets;
dynamically determining, by at least one processor, based on the tag data of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags, a working scan context, the working scan context defining a scope of coverage of assets to be included in an asset reconciliation;
subsequent to the dynamically determining, receiving additional tag data from one or more additional radio frequency identification tags carrying the additional tag data, the additional tag data representative of one or more additional assets; and
applying the dynamically determined working scan context to the additional tag data from the one or more additional radio frequency identification tags, the applying automatically identifying which assets of the one or more additional assets are to be included in the asset reconciliation, wherein responsive to the tag data of a radio frequency identification tag of the one or more additional radio frequency identification tags being representative of an asset within the scope of coverage defined by the working scan context, the asset is included in the asset reconciliation.
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Abstract
Asset reconciliation is facilitated by dynamically determining and applying a scan context to asset-describing tag data. Tag data representative of assets are received from RFID tags. A working scan context defining a scope of coverage of assets to be included in an asset reconciliation is dynamically determined based on the received tag data. Additional tag data representative of additional assets are received, and the dynamically determined working scan context is applied to the additional tag data to automatically identifying which assets of the additional assets are to be included in the asset reconciliation. Assets included in the scope of coverage of the working scan context are included in the asset reconciliation, and assets not included in the scope of coverage of the working scan context are not included in the asset reconciliation.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating radio frequency identification-based asset reconciliation, the method comprising:
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receiving tag data from a plurality of radio frequency identification tags carrying the tag data, the tag data representative of a plurality of assets; dynamically determining, by at least one processor, based on the tag data of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags, a working scan context, the working scan context defining a scope of coverage of assets to be included in an asset reconciliation; subsequent to the dynamically determining, receiving additional tag data from one or more additional radio frequency identification tags carrying the additional tag data, the additional tag data representative of one or more additional assets; and applying the dynamically determined working scan context to the additional tag data from the one or more additional radio frequency identification tags, the applying automatically identifying which assets of the one or more additional assets are to be included in the asset reconciliation, wherein responsive to the tag data of a radio frequency identification tag of the one or more additional radio frequency identification tags being representative of an asset within the scope of coverage defined by the working scan context, the asset is included in the asset reconciliation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for facilitating radio frequency identification-based asset reconciliation, the system comprising:
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a memory; and a processor, in communication with the memory, wherein the system is configured to perform; receiving tag data from a plurality of radio frequency identification tags carrying the tag data, the tag data representative of a plurality of assets; dynamically determining, based on the tag data of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags, a working scan context, the working scan context defining a scope of coverage of assets to be included in an asset reconciliation; subsequent to the dynamically determining, receiving additional tag data from one or more additional radio frequency identification tags carrying the additional tag data, the additional tag data representative of one or more additional assets; and applying the dynamically determined working scan context to the additional tag data from the one or more additional radio frequency identification tags, the applying automatically identifying which assets of the one or more additional assets are to be included in the asset reconciliation, wherein responsive to the tag data of a radio frequency identification tag of the one or more additional radio frequency identification tags being representative of an asset within the scope of coverage defined by the working scan context, the asset is included in the asset reconciliation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product for facilitating radio frequency identification-based asset reconciliation, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory storage medium readable by at least one processor and storing executable instructions for execution by the at least one processor to facilitate performing; receiving tag data from a plurality of radio frequency identification tags carrying the tag data, the tag data representative of a plurality of assets; dynamically determining, based on the tag data of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags, a working scan context, the working scan context defining a scope of coverage of assets to be included in an asset reconciliation; subsequent to the dynamically determining, receiving additional tag data from one or more additional radio frequency identification tags carrying the additional tag data, the additional tag data representative of one or more additional assets; and applying the dynamically determined working scan context to the additional tag data from the one or more additional radio frequency identification tags, the applying automatically identifying which assets of the one or more additional assets are to be included in the asset reconciliation, wherein responsive to the tag data of a radio frequency identification tag of the one or more additional radio frequency identification tags being representative of an asset within the scope of coverage defined by the working scan context, the asset is included in the asset reconciliation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method for facilitating radio frequency identification-based asset reconciliation, the method comprising:
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receiving a predefined asset reconciliation list comprising a list of assets to be included in the asset reconciliation; determining, by at least one processor, a working scan context based on the list of assets of the predefined asset reconciliation list, the working scan context defining a scope of coverage of assets to be included in the asset reconciliation; subsequent to the determining, receiving tag data from one or more radio frequency identification tags carrying the tag data, the tag data representative of one or more assets; and applying the determined working scan context to the tag data from the one or more radio frequency identification tags, the applying automatically identifying which assets of the one or more assets are to be included in the asset reconciliation, wherein responsive to the tag data of a radio frequency identification tag of the one or more radio frequency identification tags being representative of an asset within the scope of coverage defined by the working scan context, the asset is included in the asset reconciliation. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 25, 26)
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24. A method for facilitating radio frequency identification-based asset reconciliation, the method comprising:
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receiving a predefined asset reconciliation list comprising a list of assets to be included in the asset reconciliation; determining, by at least one processor, a first scan context, based on the list of assets of the predefined asset reconciliation list, the first scan context defining a first scope of coverage of assets to be included in the asset reconciliation; receiving tag data from a plurality of radio frequency identification tags carrying the tag data, the tag data representative of a plurality of assets; determining, by the at least one processor, based on the tag data of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags, a second scan context, the second scan context defining a second scope of coverage of assets to be included in the asset reconciliation; selecting one of the first scan context or the second scan context as a working scan context for applying to the received tag data from the plurality of radio frequency identification tags to automatically identify which assets of the plurality of assets are to be included in the asset reconciliation; and maintaining the other scan context of the first scan context or the second scan context as a candidate scan context for dynamically switching the working scan context, responsive to satisfying a condition for switching the working scan context, based on tag data received from further radio frequency identification tags.
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