Supporting the accurate chronological organization of RFID tag data from distributed sources
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsThomas Vest, Anush Kumar, Flemming Gregersen, Janaki Ram Goteti, Kenneth Puggaard, Ramachandran Venkatesh
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method is disclosed for encouraging an accurate chronological organization of radio frequency identification (RFID) tag data gathered from distributed servers. The method includes limiting the processing of RFID tag data based at least in part on the operational status of a plurality of sources of RFID tag data.
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A computer-implemented method for facilitating an accurate chronological organization of a collection of radio frequency identification (RFID) tag data gathered from distributed servers, the method comprising:
- utilizing a centralized RFID management component to limit a processing of RFID tag data based at least in part on an operational status of a plurality of remotely distributed sources of RFID tag data, each of the plurality of remotely distributed sources each being specifically identified to the centralized RFID management component as being a registered member of a remotely distributed group of RFID tag data sources from which the collection of tag data is to be organized chronologically, across the sources in the group, based on when the RFID tag data was received;
- utilizing the centralized RFID management component to determine that a particular remote RFID server, despite being one of the said plurality of remotely distributed sources of RFID tag data that is a registered member of the remotely distributed group of RFID tag data sources, has its said operational status set to an excluded operational status, the excluded operational status being indicative of a system preference to exclude tag data from the particular remote server regardless of a functional or online/offline status of the particular remote server;
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- wherein said limiting the processing of RFID tag data comprises responding to the determination that the particular remote RFID server has its said operational status set to the excluded operational status by utilizing a computer processor that is a component of a computer to institute a prohibition of processing RFID tag data from a set of RFID tag readers managed by the particular remote RFID server, and wherein instituting a prohibition of processing RFID tag data from the set of RFID tag readers comprises prohibiting from the collection of tag data all tag data from the set of RFID tag readers managed by the particular remote RFID server.
A radio frequency identification data management system that facilitates an accurate chronological organization of a collection of radio frequency identification (RFID) tag data gathered from a plurality of remotely distributed sources, the radio frequency identification management system performing a method, the method comprising:
- designating as registered the plurality of remotely distributed sources of RFID tag data;
- designating an excluded status to a particular one of the plurality of remotely distributed sources of RFID tag data, the particular remotely distributed source of RFID tag data being a functional and available source of RFID tag data;
- prohibiting, based on the designated excluded status, inclusion of RFID tag data from said particular source in said collection of RFID tag data;
- generating the collection of RFID tag data so as to include RFID tag data from all of the plurality of remotely distributed sources except from said particular source, wherein generating further comprises utilizing a computer processor that is a functional component of a computing device to facilitate the accurate chronological organization of the collection RFID tag data, said accurate chronological organization being such that the collected RFID tag data is organized so as to be accurately indicative of an order in which individual components of the RFID tag data were received by the plurality of sources other than said particular source.
A system for encouraging an accurate chronological organization of radio frequency identification (RFID) tag data gathered from distributed sources, the system comprising:
- a first source of RFID tag data;
- a second source of RFID tag data;
- a third source of RFID tag data;
- an RFID manager that utilizes a computer processor that is a functional component of a computing device to monitor an operational status of the first, second and third sources of RFID tag data, wherein the RFID manager also utilizes the computer processor to adjust, based on the operational status of the first, second and third sources, a processing of RFID tag data so as to promote the accurate chronological organization of a collection of RFID tag data that includes the RFID tag data from at least the first and second sources;
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- wherein the RFID manager determines that the operational status of the third source indicates that the third source has been designated an excluded status despite being a functional and available source of RFID tag data, and wherein the RFID manager, in response to the determination, excludes RFID tag data from the third source from the collection of RFID tag data.
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