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RFID enhanced operating system (EOS) framework

  • US 8,266,577 B2
  • Filed: 09/09/2008
  • Issued: 09/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A radio frequency identification (“

  • RFID”

    ) reader comprising;

    a hardware platform, the hardware platform including;

    a transceiver, the transceiver arranged to receive communication signals from at least one RFID tag;

    an input/output interface;

    a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the input/output interface, the controller controlling operation of the RFID reader; and

    a memory communicatively coupled to the controller, the memory containing;

    a software development framework for developing a software application that is executable on the hardware platform, the framework including a plurality of predefined encapsulated functional components that interact with at least one of the transceiver and the input/output interface to allow the software application to operate in a manner that is independent of a specific embodiment of the RFID reader hardware platform, the functional components including a set of core components, the set of core components enabling the software application to operate;

    wherein the set of core components includes;

    a reader interface, the reader interface operating and managing the RFID reader;

    a tag state handler, the tag state handler filtering responses received from RFID tags according to a current state;

    a version manager, the version manager maintaining and supporting RFID reader software version information;

    a license support manager, the license support manager issuing and monitoring a license for the software development framework; and

    a set of operating system wrappers, the operating system wrappers implementing a consistent usage policy for operating system functions.

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