Tracking assets between organizations in a consortium of organizations
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1. A system comprising:
- a network of auto-id nodes, wherein each auto-id node comprises index data that defines a hierarchical relationship between the auto-id node and another auto-id node within the network, and wherein the auto-id nodes comprise a storage for storing dynamic data that includes status data and history data about one or more assets that have been read by the auto-id node, the dynamic data further including expected actions related to the status data about the one or more assets, the index data comprising pointers that are determined based on each of the one or more assets, the pointers being changeable to provide different hierarchical relationships between auto-id nodes, each hierarchical relationship representing a distribution of an asset within the network that is different from distributions of other hierarchical relationships, the index data providing a path for locating and recovering data about the one or more assets; and
a processor operable to extract the data from the network of auto-id nodes by following the index data within the auto-id nodes to query only selected auto-id nodes within the network, wherein the selected auto-id nodes are arranged in a hierarchical network defined by indices of the auto-id nodes.
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Abstract
A system includes a network of auto-id nodes and a processor. Each auto-id node includes index data that defines a hierarchical relationship between the auto-id node and another auto-id node within the network, and the auto-id nodes include a storage for storing status and history data about one or more assets that have been read by the auto-id node. The processor is operable to extract data from the network of auto-id nodes by following index data within the auto-id nodes to query only selected auto-id nodes within the network, and the selected nodes are arranged in a hierarchical network defined by indices of the auto-id nodes.
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1. A system comprising:
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a network of auto-id nodes, wherein each auto-id node comprises index data that defines a hierarchical relationship between the auto-id node and another auto-id node within the network, and wherein the auto-id nodes comprise a storage for storing dynamic data that includes status data and history data about one or more assets that have been read by the auto-id node, the dynamic data further including expected actions related to the status data about the one or more assets, the index data comprising pointers that are determined based on each of the one or more assets, the pointers being changeable to provide different hierarchical relationships between auto-id nodes, each hierarchical relationship representing a distribution of an asset within the network that is different from distributions of other hierarchical relationships, the index data providing a path for locating and recovering data about the one or more assets; and a processor operable to extract the data from the network of auto-id nodes by following the index data within the auto-id nodes to query only selected auto-id nodes within the network, wherein the selected auto-id nodes are arranged in a hierarchical network defined by indices of the auto-id nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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defining, by a processor, hierarchical relationships between different auto-id nodes in an auto-id system within a network of auto-id nodes that each comprise a storage for storing dynamic data that includes status data and history data about one or more assets that have been read by the auto-id node, the dynamic data further including expected actions related to the status data about the one or more assets; storing an index relating a first auto-id node to a second auto-id node in the first auto-id node, the index comprising pointers that are determined based on each of the one or more assets, the pointers being changeable to provide different hierarchical relationships between auto-id nodes, each hierarchical relationship representing a distribution of an asset within the network that is different from distributions of other hierarchical relationships, the index comprising index data providing a path for locating and recovering data about the one or more assets; and extracting the data from the network of auto-id nodes by following the index data within the auto-id nodes to query only selected auto-id nodes within the network, wherein the selected auto-id nodes are arranged in a hierarchical network defined by indices of the auto-id nodes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions for causing a one or more processors to:
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define hierarchical relationships between different auto-id nodes in an auto-ID system within a network of auto-id nodes that each comprise a storage for storing dynamic data that includes status data and history data about one or more assets that have been read by the auto-id node, the dynamic data further including expected actions related to the status data about the one or more assets, store an index relating a first auto-id node to a second auto-id node in the first auto-id node, the index comprising pointers that are determined based on each of the one or more assets, the pointers being changeable to provide different hierarchical relationships between auto-id nodes, each hierarchical relationship representing a distribution of an asset within the network that is different from distributions of other hierarchical relationships, the index comprising index data providing a path for locating and recovering data about the one or more assets; and extract the data from the network of auto-id nodes by following the index data within the auto-id nodes to query only selected auto-id nodes within the network, wherein the selected auto-id nodes are arranged in a hierarchical network defined by indices of the auto-id nodes. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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