Methods and apparatus for operating a radio device

A method of selectively providing data information associated with a radio device that monitors a presence of wireless identification tags, the method comprising:

• monitoring the presence of wireless identification tags based on utilization of multiple types of wireless communication protocols;
• at the radio device, receiving a network message including an agent generated by a source at a remote location;
• executing the agent at the radio device;
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• in response to satisfying a condition of the agent, transmitting messages over the network to report data information associated with the radio device back to the source;
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• wherein monitoring the presence of the wireless identification tags includes:
• i) partitioning at least two of the multiple types of wireless communication protocols that are used to communicate with wireless identification tags, and ii) interleaving portions of the partitioned protocols to communicate with multiple types of wireless identification tags.

A system to communicate with wireless identification tags, the system comprising:

• a wireless transceiver device to communicate with multiple types of wireless identification tags in a region based on use of a corresponding set of radio communication protocols;
• a network interface to receive a message transmitted over a network;
• a processor that, in response to receiving the message over the network, reconfigures the wireless transceiver device to support a new protocol for communicating with a corresponding type of wireless identification tag in a monitored region;
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• an interleaver that interleaves portions of the radio communication protocols to communicate with the multiple types of wireless identification tags in the monitored region.

A system to communicate with wireless identification tags, the system comprising:

• a wireless transceiver device that communicates with multiple types of wireless identification tags in a region based on use of a corresponding set of radio communication protocols, the wireless transceiver including:
• a scheduler to schedule radio communications associated with the corresponding set of radio communication protocols;
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• an interleaver that interleaves portions of scheduled radio communications associated with the set of radio communication protocols to communicate with the multiple types of wireless identification tags.

A radio device to monitor the presence of wireless identification tags in a region, the radio device comprising:

• a network interface to receive an agent generated by a source at a remote location;
• a processor to execute the agent, the processor reporting data information associated with the wireless identification tags back to the source in response to executing instructions associated with the agent;
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• an interleaver that interleaves portions of multiple different types of radio communication protocols to communicate with corresponding different types of wireless identification tags in the region.

A system to communicate with wireless identification tags, the system comprising:

• means for communicating with multiple types of wireless identification tags in a region based on use of a corresponding set of radio communication protocols;
• a network interface to receive a message transmitted over a network;
• means for supporting at least one additional protocol for communicating with a corresponding type of wireless identification tag in a monitored region in response to receiving the message over the network;
• means for partitioning at least two of the multiple types of wireless communication protocols that are used to communicate with wireless identification tags;
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• means for interleaving portions of the partitioned protocols to communicate with multiple types of wireless identification tags.

A computer program product including a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for processing data information, such that the instructions, when carried out by a processing device, enable the processing device to perform the steps of:

• communicating with multiple types of wireless identification tags in a monitored region based on use of a corresponding set of wireless communication protocols;
• at the wireless transceiver device, receiving a message transmitted over a network;
• in response to receiving the message, reconfiguring the wireless transceiver device to support at least one additional protocol for communicating with a corresponding type of wireless identification tag in the monitored region;
• partitioning at least two of the multiple types of wireless communication protocols that are used to communicate with wireless identification tags;
• and
• interleaving portions of the partitioned protocols to communicate with multiple types of wireless identification tags.