METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECTS AND PEOPLE
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Abstract
An object locating, identifying, tracking, and surveillance system, denoted the Assets Locating, Tracking, and Surveillance System (ALTSS), is provided for managing physical objects and evidence in environments such as police departments, law offices, and the Courts. ALTSS employs radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, computer programming and database applications, networking technologies, and hardware elements. ALTSS may locate and track physical evidence, merchandise, information carriers like files, folders or individual pieces of paper, and people, under certain conditions, in near-real time. It may be configured as part of a local area network, a wide area network, or the Internet. ALTSS may employ exemplary components such as RFID transponders, scanners, strategically located antennas and computers to facilitate tracking of objects and people as needed. Any number of users having access privileges and connected to the network may access ALTSS directly or remotely via the Internet to locate and track evidence or objects.
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64 Claims
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54. A system for locating, identifying and/or tracking a transponder having a transponder ID, the system comprising:
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a storage device configured to store a known transponder ID and detection information associated with the stored known transponder ID, wherein the detection information indicates whether the stored known transponder ID has been previously detected by the system; and a processor configured to compare the known transponder ID stored in said storage device with a detected transponder ID, and determine whether the detected transponder ID is a detected known transponder ID based on the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A system comprising:
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a storage device configured to store a previously detected transponder ID and information associated with the stored transponder ID, the information indicating whether the stored transponder ID has been previously detected; and a processor configured to detect a transponder ID, compare the previously detected transponder ID from said storage device with the detected transponder ID, determine whether the transponder ID has been previously detected by the system based on the comparison, and identifying the detected transponder ID as a previously undetected transponder ID if the detected transponder ID has not been previously detected based on the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63)
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64. A system comprising:
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a storage device configured to store a known transponder ID and detection information associated with the known transponder ID, wherein the detection information indicates whether the known transponder ID has been previously detected by the system; and a processor configured to detect a transponder ID, determine whether the detected transponder ID has been previously detected by the system based on the detection information stored in said storage device for the detected transponder ID, and identifying the detected transponder ID as new to the system if the detected transponder ID has not been previously detected based on a comparison of the known transponder ID with the detected transponder ID.
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Specification