Internet enabled resource constrained terminal for processing tags
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsYasser Alsafadi, Amr F. Yassin
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Abstract
A resource constrained device is disclosed which includes a tag reader, e.g., an RFID or barcode reader, a communication unit that can communicate information read from the tags to an information interface, and a controller. The controller is arranged to send the information to the information interface via the communication unit. The information interface returns a response, e.g., comprising an XML document. The response is used by the controller to adjust operational parameters which modify the performance of an operational unit, e.g., a washing machine.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a label reader capable of reading information from a label;
- a communication unit capable of communicating with a first information interface having an index and/or one or more other information interfaces;
- an operation unit having one or more adjustable operational parameters associated with one or more operation profiles;
- and
- a controller, coupled to the label reader, the communication unit and the operation unit, arranged to (1) receive information from the label reader, (2) send a request to the first information interface and/or one or more other information interfaces through the communication unit, (3) receive a response from one or more information interfaces, and (4) adjust the operation parameters of the operation unit in accordance with the response,
- wherein the request and the response are formatted as documents capable of being exchanged in a distributed, decentralized environment.
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and operative to read information from a tag, communicate with a first information interface having an index and/or one or more other information interfaces, receive a response from the one or more information interfaces, and adjust one or more operational parameters of an operation unit in accordance with the response,
- wherein the request and the response are formatted as documents capable of being exchanged in a distributed, decentralized environment.
A resource constrained device comprising:
- means for reading tags;
- communication means for communicating information read from the tags to a remote device;
- receiving means for receiving a response comprising an XML document from the remote device, the receiving means including a micro XML parser;
- operational means for performing a task, the operational means including adjustable operational parameters modifying the performance of the task;
- wherein the adjustable operational parameters are adjusted in accordance with the received response.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.