EPC provisioning system using business rules

• US 20070213999A1
• Filed: 01/29/2007
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: James, Manju, Traub, Kenneth, Popova, Marina
• Granted Patent: US 8,373,545 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/01 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

An EPC provisioning system comprising a EPC server can dynamically provide EPC code blocks for one product to multiple client sites. The EPC server can use business rules to determine the EPC codes for the multiple client sites.

Claims

1. An EPC provisioning system comprising:

a EPC server adapted to dynamically provide EPC code blocks for one product to multiple client sites, the EPC server adapted to use business rules to determine the EPC codes for the multiple client sites.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the client sites are RFID edge servers.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the client sites using the EPC codes for RFID tags.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein EPC code blocks are assigned so as to indicate lot number.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the EPC code blocks are assigned so as to indicate location.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the client sites cache EPC codes for later use.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the client sites request the EPC code.

8. A computer implemented method comprising:

using business rules to determine the EPC code blocks for multiple sites; and

providing the EPC code blocks to multiple sites.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the client sites are RFID edge servers.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the client sites use the EPC codes for RFID tags.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 10, wherein EPC codes are assigned so as to indicate lot number.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 10, wherein the EPC codes are assigned so as to indicate location.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the client sites cache EPC codes for use later.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the client sites request the EPC code blocks.

15. A computer readable medium including code to:

use business rules to determine the EPC code blocks for multiple client sites; and

provide the EPC code blocks to multiple client sites.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the client sites are RFID edge servers.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the client sites use the EPC codes for RFID tags.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein EPC codes are assigned so as to indicate lot number.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the EPC codes are assigned so as to indicate location.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the client sites cache EPC codes for later use.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the client sites request the PEC code blocks.