Methods, computer program products, terminals and systems for providing location reporting of RFID enabled moveable objects
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorKarl Ola Thorn
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Abstract
A method of providing location information associated with moveable objects can include periodically receiving identification (ID) information at a first terminal from a moveable object via a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) signal. Location information associated with the ID information can be updated to provide updated location information for the moveable object. The ID information relative to the first terminal may be evaluated to determine if the moveable object is associated with the first terminal. The location information may be sent to a second terminal, if the moveable object is associated with the second terminal.
Claims23
A method of providing location information associated with moveable objects comprising:
- periodically receiving identification (ID) information at a first terminal from a moveable object via a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) signal;
- providing updated location information for the moveable object;
- determining that the moveable object is associated with a second terminal;
- and
- sending the updated location information to the second terminal in response to determining that the moveable object is associated with the second terminal.
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a mobile terminal transceiver circuit;
- a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) interface circuit configured to periodically receive identification (ID) information via RFID signals from one or more movable objects equipped with RFID tags;
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- a processor circuit, coupled to the mobile terminal transceiver circuit, the processor circuit configured to coordinate the operation of the mobile terminal including the mobile terminal transceiver circuit and configured to transmit ID information to a database to determine if the moveable object is associated with the mobile terminal.
A system for providing location information associated with movable objects, the system comprising:
- a database that is configured to associate multiple terminals and respective identification (ID) information corresponding to moveable objects;
- a first terminal that is configured to receive ID information from a movable object via a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) signal and to generate location information corresponding to the location of the first terminal;
- a comparison circuit that is configured to receive the ID information from the first terminal and to determine if the first terminal is associated with the moveable object;
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- a means for sending both the ID information and the location information corresponding to the location of the first terminal to a second terminal,
- wherein said second terminal is associated with the movable object and configured to receive the ID information and the location information corresponding to the first terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.