Managing a sphere of wireless tags
US9519812B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 21, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S5/12
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for managing a sphere of wireless tags, the method comprises programming, by a wireless reader, a group of wireless tags to belong to the sphere of wireless tags; sending by the wireless reader sphere beacons aimed to the wireless tags of the sphere; detecting a loss of a wireless tag of the sphere if the wireless tag did not respond to a predetermined number of sphere beacons; and responding to the detecting of the loss of the wireless tag.
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