RFID ENTERPRISE SERVER IMPROVEMENTS

• US 20080001751A1
• Filed: 06/01/2007
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: James, Manju, Traub, Kenneth, Gieseke, Eric
• Application Number:
  US11/757,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20080001751A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/381 using identifiers, e.g. barcodes, RFIDs for URLs G06F16/9554
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

An RFID enterprise server can store ECPCIS events and master data.

Claims

1. An RFID enterprise server master data, the master data being non RFID data, the master data being stored such that new master data types can be added without changing a format of a master data type table.

2. The RFID enterprise server of claims 1, further storing ECPCIS events.

3. The RFID enterprise server of claims 1, wherein the master data database has a type table indicating mater data types, an attribute table including master data attributes a type instance table indicating instances of the master data types, and a master data attribute instance table indicating master data attribute instances.

4. The RFID enterprise server of claim 1, wherein master data attributes link to the master data types.

5. The RFID enterprise server of claims 1, wherein attribute instances link to the corresponding type instance.

6. The RFID enterprise system of claims 1, wherein the master data types include location information.

7. The RFID enterprise storer of claims 1, wherein the master data types include shipping related information.

8. The RFID enterprise server of claim 1, wherein an interface allows for adding master data types.

9. An RFID enterprise server master data, the master data being non RFID data, the master data being stored such that new master data types can be added without changing a format of a master data type table;

wherein the master data database has a type table indicating mater data types, an attribute table including master data attributes, a type instance table indicating instances of the master data types, and a master data attribute instance table indicating master data attribute instances.

10. The RFID enterprise server of claims 9, further storing ECPCIS events.

11. The RFID enterprise server of claims 9, wherein master data attributes link to master data types.

12. The RFID enterprise server of claims 9, wherein the attribute instances link to the corresponding type instance.

13. The RFID enterprise system of claims 9, wherein the master data types include location information.

14. The RFID enterprise storer of claims 9, wherein the master data types include shipping related information.

15. The RFID enterprise server of claim 9, wherein an interface allows for adding master data types.

16. An RFID enterprise server receiving RFID data from a number of RFID edge servers, the RFID enterprise server being adapted to produce a number of reports, the report including a history report including where RFID tagged objects have been, a missing asset report indicating which RFID trackable assets are missing, a dwell time report indicating the dwell time of RFID trackable assets at a location, and a transit report indicating the transport time of RFID trackable assets.