Item management system, item management method, reading apparatus, and information processing apparatus

An item management method for managing item data that indicates an entity to which an item belongs among a plurality of entities, the method comprising, in a state where the item data indicates that the item belongs to a second entity related to a second position:

• reading, by a first reading apparatus, identification information from a first wireless device installed at a first position;
• reading, by the first reading apparatus, identification information from a second wireless device that has moved to the first position together with the item;
• transmitting, by the first reading apparatus to a management unit configured to manage the item data, reading result data indicating that the first reading apparatus has read identification information of the first wireless device and identification information of the second wireless device;
• and
• updating, by the management unit, the item data such that the item data indicates that the item belongs to a first entity related to the first position based on the reading result data received from the first reading apparatus.

A reading apparatus comprising:

• a reading unit capable of reading, from a first wireless device installed at a first position out of a plurality of positions and from a second wireless device that moves together with an item, identification information stored in each wireless device;
• and
• a communication unit configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus that manages item data indicating an entity to which the item belongs among a plurality of entities;
• wherein, in a case where the reading unit has read identification information of the first wireless device and identification information of the second wireless device, the communication unit is configured to transmit a result of reading by the reading unit to the information processing apparatus to cause the information processing apparatus to change an entity to which the item belongs in the item data from a second entity related to a second position that is different from the first position to a first entity related to the first position.

An item management system for managing item data that indicates an entity to which an item belongs among a plurality of entities comprising:

• a first wireless device installed at a first position;
• a second wireless device that moves together with the item;
• at least one reading apparatus that reads identification information stored in a wireless device;
• and
• a management unit configured to manage the item data;
• wherein, in a state where the item data indicates that the item belongs to a first entity related to the first position, the management unit is configured to update the item data such that the item data indicates that the item belongs to a second entity provided that a second reading apparatus associated with the second entity has read identification information of the first wireless device and identification information of the second wireless device,
• wherein the second reading apparatus being associated with the second entity includes at least one of:
• existence of data which associates the second reading apparatus with the second entity, or
• the second reading apparatus having read identification information of a user device associated with the second entity.

An item management method for managing item data that indicates an entity to which an item belongs among a plurality of entities, the method comprising, in a state where the item data indicates that the item belongs to a first entity related to a first position:

• reading, by a second reading apparatus associated with a second entity, identification information from a first wireless device installed at the first position;
• reading, by the second reading apparatus, identification information from a second wireless device that moves together with the item;
• transmitting, by the first reading apparatus to a management unit configured to manage the item data, reading result data indicating that the second reading apparatus has read identification information of the first wireless device and identification information of the second wireless device;
• and
• updating, by the management unit, the item data such that the item data indicates that the item belongs to the second entity based on the reading result data received from the second reading apparatus,
• wherein the second reading apparatus being associated with the second entity includes at least one of:
• existence of data which associates the second reading apparatus with the second entity, or
• the second reading apparatus having read identification information of a user device associated with the second entity.

A reading apparatus comprising:

• a reading unit capable of reading, from a first wireless device installed at a first position out of a plurality of positions and from a second wireless device that moves together with an item, identification information stored in each wireless device;
• and
• a communication unit configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus that manages item data indicating an entity to which the item belongs among a plurality of entities;
• wherein the reading apparatus is associated with a second entity by at least one of
• existence of data which associates the reading apparatus with the second entity, or
• the reading apparatus reading identification information of a user device associated with the second entity, and
• wherein, when the reading unit has read identification information of the first wireless device and identification information of the second wireless device, the communication unit is configured to transmit a result of reading by the reading unit to the information processing apparatus to cause the information processing apparatus to change an entity to which the item belongs in the item data from a first entity related to the first position to the second entity.

An information processing apparatus that manages item data indicating an entity to which an item belongs among a plurality of entities, comprising:

• a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one reading apparatus capable of reading, from a first wireless device installed at a first position out of a plurality of positions and from a second wireless device that moves together with the item, identification information stored in each wireless device;
• and
• a management unit configured to, in a state where the item data indicates that the item belongs to a first entity related to the first position, update the item data such that the item data indicates that the item belongs to a second entity provided that the communication unit has received reading result data indicating that a second reading apparatus associated with the second entity has read identification information of the first wireless device and identification information of the second wireless device,
• wherein the second reading apparatus being associated with the second entity includes at least one of:
• existence of data which associates the second reading apparatus with the second entity, or
• the second reading apparatus having read identification information of a user device associated with the second entity.