RFID tag data affecting automation controller with internal database

A computer-implemented method that facilitates utilizing a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with an object, comprising:

• receiving a signal at an RFID component, within a mobile reader, from the RFID tag associated with at least one station;
• identifying, at the mobile reader, a location of the RFID component;
• determining whether to process data from the RFID tag based in part on the location of the RFID component and a location of the at least one station;
• decoding and translating the data from the RFID tag if the determining indicates that the data is to be processed;
• determining if the data within the RFID tag indirectly influences an automation system such that at least one of bits or numbers associated with the data select a decision to drive control of an output of the automation system;
• receiving additional information associated with the object from an internal database within the controller by utilizing at least in part the data from the RFID tag;
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• utilizing the selection, the additional information from the internal database and the data from the RFID tag to control an operation performed by an automation device on the object.

A computer-implemented system that facilitates utilizing a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with an object, comprising:

• means for receiving data from a plurality of RFID tags associated with a plurality of stations in response to a read signal broadcast from a mobile reader;
• means for determining, within the mobile reader, a location of the means for receiving data;
• means for filtering data from a set of RFID tags that are associated with one of the plurality of stations, the one of the plurality of stations is selected based in part on the location of the mobile reader and a location of the one of the plurality of stations;
• means for identifying extended data from at least one of the set of RFID tags associated with an object, the extended data identifies an operation to be performed on the object;
• means for directly accessing information from an database internal to a controller to determine additional information associated with the object based on the extended data, the additional information includes at least one of object history, location information, intended customer data, or authorized operator data;
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• means for controlling the manipulation of the object based at least in part upon the extended data, the additional information and the identified operation.