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US 2024/0257031 A1Published application
Lift Systems
AssigneeIota, Inc.
InventorsJacob Robert BJORKE, Daniel Elia CHAHLA
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Abstract
A system for retailers is configured to monitor and track customer interaction with a product in a retail environment. The system utilizes RFID tagged products and communicating with near field communication in an Internet of Things environment for a more comprehensive relationship between customers and the products of interest. Where the products are not so connected, the system alerts the need for same.
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A system for item monitoring, the system comprising:
- a master controller configured to communicate with at least one database, the at least one database configured to store information about a plurality of items, the stored information including a location for each of the plurality of items and a unique identifier associated with each of the plurality of items;
- multiple sensors located in an environment, each of the multiple sensors are configured to communicate with the master controller as servant devices, and each of the sensors configured to detect at least one of near field communication (NFC) tags or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags;
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- multiple items located in the environment, each of the multiple items including an NFC tag or an RFID tag, the NFC tag or the RFID tag including the unique identifier associated with the item,
- wherein each of the multiple sensors are configured to link with the NFC tag or the RFID tag of at least one of the multiple items to obtain the unique identifier associated with the item, and transmit the unique identifier with the master controller in response to linking with the NFC tag or the RFID tag, and
- wherein, in response to the master controller receiving the unique identifier from one of the multiple sensors, the master controller is configured to update the location of one of the multiple items corresponding to the unique identifier according to a location of the one of the multiple sensors which transmitted the unique identifier to the master controller.
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A method for item monitoring, the method comprising:
- configuring a master controller to communicate with at least one database, the at least one database configured to store information about a plurality of items, the stored information including a location for each of the plurality of items and a unique identifier associated with each of the plurality of items;
- detecting, by one of multiple sensors located in an environment, at least one of a near field communication (NFC) tag or a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag of one of multiple items located in the environment, wherein each of the multiple sensors are configured to communicate with the master controller as servant devices, and each of the multiple items including an NFC tag or an RFID tag, the NFC tag or the RFID tag including the unique identifier associated with the item;
- linking, by the one of the multiple sensors, with the NFC tag or the RFID tag to obtain the unique identifier associated with the one of the multiple items;
- transmitting by the one of the multiple sensors, the unique identifier associated with the item to the master controller;
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- updating, by the master controller, the location of one of the multiple items corresponding to the unique identifier according to a location of the one of the multiple sensors which transmitted the unique identifier to the master controller, in response to receiving the unique identifier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.