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Supply chain visibility for real-time tracking of goods

  • US 7,136,832 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2001
  • Issued: 11/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for the real-time tracking of goods in a supply chain, including:

  • affixing a tag to each good to be tracked;

    marking a location of one of the goods at a data appliance and storing information on said location at a site server coupled to said data appliance;

    uploading said information to a data center, said data center coupled to said site server;

    compensating for missing information by using a previous tag read and a current tag read; and

    charging users of said supply chain a fee dependent on the number of tracked goods to access said data center and view reports compiled using said location information regarding each tracked good.

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