Apparatus and method of determining a likelihood of task completion from information relating to the reading of RFID tags
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader; and
a control circuit operably coupled to the RFID reader and to another RFID reader, the control circuit being configured to;
detect, using at least information received via the RFID reader regarding a reading of one or more RFID tags by the RFID reader and using additional information received via the other RFID reader regarding another reading of the one or more RFID tags by the other RFID reader, one or more circumstances that evidence a status of interest pertaining to performance of a task of interest, wherein the information comprises an indication that at least one of the one or more RFID tags were read by the RFID reader at a first location, the first location being an expected location for the performance of at least a portion of the task of interest, and wherein the additional information comprises an indication that the at least one of the one or more RFID tags were read by the other RFID reader at a second location, the second location being a second expected location for the performance of at least a portion of the task of interest, the first expected location being different than the second expected location; and
make a determination that the performance of the task of interest has likely been completed.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided using RFID devices to assist in determining a likelihood that the performance of a task has been completed. In one implementation, an apparatus comprises a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader and a control circuit operably coupled to the RFID reader. The control circuit is configured to: detect, using at least information received via the RFID reader regarding a reading of one or more RFID tags by the RFID reader, one or more circumstances that evidence a status of interest pertaining to performance of a task of interest; and make a determination that the performance of the task of interest has likely been completed.
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27 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader; and a control circuit operably coupled to the RFID reader and to another RFID reader, the control circuit being configured to; detect, using at least information received via the RFID reader regarding a reading of one or more RFID tags by the RFID reader and using additional information received via the other RFID reader regarding another reading of the one or more RFID tags by the other RFID reader, one or more circumstances that evidence a status of interest pertaining to performance of a task of interest, wherein the information comprises an indication that at least one of the one or more RFID tags were read by the RFID reader at a first location, the first location being an expected location for the performance of at least a portion of the task of interest, and wherein the additional information comprises an indication that the at least one of the one or more RFID tags were read by the other RFID reader at a second location, the second location being a second expected location for the performance of at least a portion of the task of interest, the first expected location being different than the second expected location; and make a determination that the performance of the task of interest has likely been completed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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by a control circuit that is operably coupled to a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader and to another RFID reader; detecting, using at least information received via the RFID reader regarding a reading of one or more RFID tags by the RFID reader and using additional information received via the other RFID reader regarding another reading of the one or more RFID tags by the other RFID reader, one or more circumstances that evidence a status of interest pertaining to performance of a task of interest, wherein the information comprises an indication that at least one of the one or more RFID tags were read by the RFID reader at a first location, the first location being an expected location for the performance of at least a portion of the task of interest, wherein the additional information comprises an indication that the at least one of the one or more RFID tags were read by the other RFID reader at a second location, the second location being a second expected location for the performance of at least a portion of the task of interest, the first expected location being different than the second expected location; and making a determination that the performance of the task of interest has likely been completed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus comprising:
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a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader; and a control circuit operably coupled to the RFID reader and to another RFID reader, the control circuit being configured to; receive a first indication that a first RFID tag was read by the RFID reader at a first location, the first location being a[n] first expected location for performance of at least a portion of a first task; receive a second indication that a first RFID tag was read by the other RFID reader at a second location, the second location being a second expected location for performance of at least a portion of the first task, the first expected location being different than the second expected location; and make, based on the first indication and the second indication, a determination that the performance of the first task has likely been completed.
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