Registers – Records – Conductive
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-21
2008-08-26
Le, Thien M (Department: 2887)
Registers
Records
Conductive
C235S375000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07416134
ABSTRACT:
A system and method of tracking a plurality of items during transfer from a source location to a destination. One embodiment is a method comprising associating information identifying the plurality of items with a radio frequency (RF) tag that identifies a carrier unit. The method further comprises storing the associated information in at least one of the RF tag and a computer memory. The method further comprises communicating with the RE tag to identify the location of the carrier unit. The method further comprises identifying the location of at least one of the plurality of items based at least in part on the location of the carrier unit. Another embodiment is a system configured to perform an embodiment of the method.
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