Methods and systems to improve RFID inventory polling accuracy

Details Methods and systems to improve RFID inventory polling accuracy Methods and systems to improve RFID inventory polling accuracy

2011-08-23

2011-08-23

Mullen, Thomas J (Department: 2612)

Communications: electrical

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Intelligence comparison for controlling

C340S572400, C705S028000

Reexamination Certificate

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08004387

ABSTRACT:
Methods, systems, and media to improve polling accuracy in RFID systems are disclosed. Embodiments comprise receiving information from one or more tags by a tag reader, comparing the information from the tags to other information, and adding the tag to an inventory if the tag does not exist in the other information. While some embodiments compare the tag information from the tags to baseline inventories for other areas, some embodiments compare it to current inventories for the other areas or compare it to a combination of both inventories. Some embodiments involve polling RFID tags in storage containers. Other embodiments involve machine-accessible mediums with instructions to receive information from the tag reader, analyze the information with baseline and current inventories of other areas, and store identification information for the tag in a current inventory database if the information is absent from the baseline and current inventories.

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