Consolidated RFID alerts

• US 20070236351A1
• Filed: 05/05/2006
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Munjal, Sumant, Shah, Mayur
• Application Number:
  US11/381,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20070236351A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A computer implemented system can poll multiple RFID edge servers to determine state information concerning the multiple RFID edge servers and their associated RFID readers. The system can produce alerts concerning changes in the state of the RFID edge server and associated RFID readers.

Claims

1. A computer implemented system that polls multiple RFID edge servers to determine state information concerning the multiple RFID edge servers and their associated RFID devices, the system producing alerts concerning changes in the state of the RFID edge server and associated RFID devices.

2. The computer implemented system of claim 1, wherein the RFID devices include RFID readers.

3. The computer implemented system of claim 1, wherein the system updates a data structure with the poll data.

4. The computer implemented system of claim 1, wherein tile system produces a graphical display with the alert data.

5. The computer implemented system of claim 1, wherein the alerts are sent to a third party monitoring software.

6. The computer implemented system of claim 5, wherein the third party monitoring software can subscribe to the alerts.

7. A computer implemented system that polls multiple RFID edge servers to determine state information concerning the multiple RFID edge servers and their associated RFID device;

the system producing alerts concerning changes in the state of the multiple RFID edge servers and associated RFID readers;

the system providing the alerts to a graphical display.

8. The computer implemented system of claims 7, wherein the RFID devices are RFID readers.

9. The computer implemented system of claim 7, wherein the system updates a data structure with the poll data.

10. The computer implemented system of claim 7, wherein the system compairs data obtained from the RFID edge servers with data in a hierarchical data structure to determine the alerts.

11. The computer implemented system of claim 9, wherein the alerts are sent to a third party monitoring software.

12. The computer implemented system of claim 11, wherein the third party monitoring software can subscribe to the alerts.

13. A computer readable storage medium containing code for:

polling multiple RFID edge servers to obtain state information concerning the multiple RFID edge servers and associated RFID device; and

producing alerts concerning the RFID edge servers and associated RFID device using the state information.

14. The computer implemented system of claim 13, wherein the RFID devices include RFID readers.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the code updates a data structure with the poll data.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the code produces a graphical display with the alert data.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the code compares data obtained from the RFID edge servers with data in a hierarchical data structure to determine the alerts.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the alerts are sent to third party monitoring software.