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US 2007/0108273 A1Published application
Object Tracking in an Enclosure
AssigneeWinware, Inc.
InventorsLawrence Harper, Derry DeNise
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Abstract
Various embodiments of object tracking systems and related methods and devices are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, includes scanning an interior space of an enclosure, the enclosure having at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and at least one object associated with the at least one RFID tag, receiving an indication that a user is attempting access to the interior space, and responsive to receiving the indication, determining whether access to the interior space is permitted by the user.
Claims22
A method, comprising:
- scanning an interior space of an enclosure, the enclosure having at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and at least one object associated with the at least one RFID tag;
- receiving an indication that a user is attempting access to the interior space;
- and
- responsive to receiving the indication, determining whether access to the interior space is permitted by the user.
1 more element
A system, comprising:
- an enclosure having an interior space, the enclosure comprising:
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag;
- an object associated with the RFID tag;
- and
- a processor configured with authentication logic to receive an indication that a user is attempting access to the interior space, and responsive to receiving the indication, determine whether access to the interior space is permitted by the user.
2 more elements
A system, comprising:
- means for authenticating a user seeking access to the interior space of an enclosure, the enclosure comprising radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and objects to which the RFID tags are associated;
- and
- means for scanning the interior space of the enclosure responsive to determining that the enclosure is closed, wherein the RFID tags are associated with objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.