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US 8,552,839 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for managing radio frequency identification (RFID) tags
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsSteven T. Archer, Francisco A. Dias, Kristopher A. Pate
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Abstract
An approach is provided for managing network addressable radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. A management agent collects data from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that is assigned a network address for visibility within a data network. The agent generates a management message including the data for transmission over the data network to a manager configured to communicate with the agent using a management protocol.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- mapping, via a virtual address network, a network address of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag attached to an asset for visibility of the RFID tag within a data network;
- receiving a query, from a management manager, to retrieve data about the asset, the data residing within the RFID tag;
- and
- generating, by an agent in response to the query, a management message including the data for transmission over the data network to the manager configured to communicate with the agent using a management protocol,
- wherein the network address includes a medium access control (MAC) header including identification of the RFID tag and an internet protocol (IP) header including an IP address of the RFID tag, and
- the network address is stored in one field of a network address table of the virtual address network.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an agent configured to map, via a virtual address network, a network address of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag attached to an asset for visibility of the RFID tag within a data network, to receive a query, from a management manager, to retrieve data about the asset, the data residing within the RFID tag, and to generate a management message including the data for transmission in response to the query over the data network to the manager configured to communicate with the agent using a management protocol,
- wherein the network address includes a medium access control (MAC) header including identification of the RFID tag and an internet protocol (IP) header including an IP address of the RFID tag, and the network address is stored in one field of a network address table of the virtual address network.
A method comprising:
- mapping, via a virtual address network, a network address of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag attached to an asset for visibility of the RFID tag within a data network;
- generating and transmitting a query to retrieve data about the asset, the data residing within the RFID tag;
- receiving, over the data network, a management message from an agent according to a management protocol in response to the query, wherein the RFID tag is assigned a network address for visibility within the data network, and the data resides within the RFID tag,
- wherein the network address includes a medium access control (MAC) header including identification of the RFID tag and an internet protocol (IP) header including an IP address of the RFID tag, and
- the network address is stored in one field of a network address table of the virtual address network.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a manager configured to map, via a virtual address network, a network address of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag attached to an asset for visibility of the RFID tag within a data network;
- to generate and transmit a query to retrieve data about the asset, the data residing within the RFID tag;
- to receive, over the data network, a management message from an agent according to a management protocol in response to the query, wherein the RFID tag is assigned a network address for visibility within the data network, and wherein the data resides within the RFID tag,
- wherein the network address includes a medium access control (MAC) header including identification of the RFID tag and an internet protocol (IP) header including an IP address of the RFID tag, and
- the network address is stored in one field of a network address table of the virtual address network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.