Integrated real-time automated location positioning asset management system
US7246746B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/00
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An enterprise network 100 for tracking objects is provided. The network 100 includes: (a) a plurality of subscriber communication devices 134 and 138; (b) a plurality of readers 160, each of the communication devices being in communication with a corresponding reader, wherein each reader is operable to read a set of object identifiers, each object identifier in the set corresponding to an Identification device 168 positioned on a respective object 164; and (c) a location agent 324 operable to determine, from at least one of the sets of object identifiers, a physical location of each object 164 having an object identifier in the at least one of the sets of object identifiers.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.