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Maintaining RFID information for virtual machines

US8970350B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 12, 2012
Grant dateMar 3, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2209/47
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and products for maintaining RFID information for virtual machines are disclosed that include establishing a virtual machine on a host computer, the host computer capable of supporting a plurality of virtual machines, the host computer comprising one or more RFID transponders; determining RFID information for the virtual machine; storing, in a specified one of the RFID transponders, the determined RFID information for the virtual machine; and upon request from an RFID reader, transmitting the stored RFID information as output from the specified RFID transponder to the requesting RFID reader.

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