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Method and Apparatus Pertaining to the Use of Statistics-Based RFID-Tag Information

  • US 20140266615A1
  • Filed: 03/14/2013
  • Published: 09/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • by a control circuit having access to coverage information that maps coverage for each of a plurality of RFID-tag readers to physical locations within a given monitored facility;

    using the plurality of RFID-tag readers to read, over time, a population of RFID tags and storing historical-read information comprising corresponding RFID-system metrics along with tag-specific information and corresponding timestamps;

    using the historical-read information as corresponds to a given period of time and the coverage information to determine sub-groups of the population of RFID tags;

    using the historical-read information to calculate at least one aggregated RFID-system metric on a sub-group level basis for at least some of the sub-groups.

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