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System and method for tracking an inventory within an asset

US7928844B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Patricia Denise Mackenzie · Clifton Park, US
Charles Burton Theurer · Niskayuna, US
Kevin Chean · New York, US
Andrew John Calver · Westwood, US
Roman Brusilovsky · Clifton Park, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2007
Grant date	Apr 19, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 15, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q10/087
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A technique is provided for tracking and/or monitoring an inventory within one or more assets. The technique includes activating a plurality of antennas on each of the one or more assets in turn for a specified period of time, and receiving a response from an RFID tag attached to the inventory through the plurality of antennas located on an asset having the inventory along with a positional information of the asset having the inventory.

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