Method and system for setup of, and communication with, an rfid middelware server from an enterprise resource planning system server
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsFlemming Gregersen, Kenneth Puggaard, Thomas Vest
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Abstract
A method of configuring a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) middleware server is provided. The method includes calling a server form, using an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, from an ERP server. The method also includes identifying at least one RFID middleware server using the server form, and configuring one or more processes, using the server form, to run on the at least one identified RFID server. The one or more configured processes are transmitted from the ERP server to the RFID middleware server in order to configure the RFID middleware server.
Claims20
A method of facilitating configuration of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) middleware server, the method comprising:
- receiving a request that is indicative of a collection of data entered into a server form operating upon an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) server, wherein the server form provides a graphical user interface that supports configuration of the RFID middleware server through entry of the collection of data into the graphical user interface;
- identifying the RFID middleware server, separate from the ERP server, based on the collection of data as indicated in the request;
- configuring a process, based on the collection of data as indicated in the request, to run on the identified RFID middleware server;
- and
- transmitting the configured process to the RFID middleware server in order to apply the configured process to the RFID middleware server.
A method of facilitating configuration of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) middleware server, the method comprising:
- configuring a process to run on the identified RFID server, wherein configuring comprises configuring so as to be consistent with user inputs into the server form;
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- transmitting the configured process to the RFID middleware server.
The method of 10, and further comprising:
- calling a device form residing on the ERP server;
- and
- utilizing the device form to identify RFID devices coupled to the RFID middleware server.
An integrated Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system and an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, comprising:
- an RFID middleware server;
- and
- an ERP server, interfaced with the RFID middleware server using Component Object Model (COM) objects on each of the RFID middleware server and the ERP server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.