MASTER AND SLAVE RFID TAGS FOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A management system for managing a plurality of equipment stored in a plurality of housings, the management system comprising a reader, a plurality of RFID tags of a first type, denoted slave, each comprising a transmitter and a plurality of RFID tags of a second type, denoted master, each comprising a transmitter, each housing comprising an RFID tag of one type, either master or slave, and each equipment comprising an RFID tag of the other type connected via a connector to the RFID tag of the housing in which the equipment is stored, and in that the RFID tag of the master type is configured to transmit to the reader a series of data output by the slave RFID tag to which it is connected and a series of data output by the master RFID tag, in response to a request of the reader.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed to adapt RFID tags in a master-slave configuration and to connect them by a connector. Upon a request from a reader, the slave RFID tag will transmit via the connector data to the master RFID tag which will concatenate the latter with its own data and transmit a concatenated series of data to the reader. Such RFID tags are presented in use in a system for managing a plurality of equipment stored in a plurality of housings, as is the case for a room of IT servers. Each such slave RFID tag is fastened preferably onto a housing, contains information on the housing, and is connected to the master RFID tag preferably fastened onto the equipment stored in the housing and containing information on the equipment. A user thereby knows in a single reading information about the equipment and the housing that it occupies.
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- 1. A management system for managing a plurality of equipment stored in a plurality of housings, the management system comprising a reader, a plurality of RFID tags of a first type, denoted slave, each comprising a transmitter and a plurality of RFID tags of a second type, denoted master, each comprising a transmitter, each housing comprising an RFID tag of one type, either master or slave, and each equipment comprising an RFID tag of the other type connected via a connector to the RFID tag of the housing in which the equipment is stored, and in that the RFID tag of the master type is configured to transmit to the reader a series of data output by the slave RFID tag to which it is connected and a series of data output by the master RFID tag, in response to a request of the reader.
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