Manifest integrity management via radio frequency identification (RFID)

A radio frequency identification (RFID) data processing system configured for manifest integrity management, the system comprising:

• at least one host computer with processor and memory;
• an RFID reader;
• an RFID data acquisition application coupled to the RFID reader and executing in memory of at least one host computer by a processor therein;
• and,
• a manifest management module coupled to the RFID data acquisition application and executing in memory of at least one host computer by a processor therein, the module comprising computer usable program code enabled to direct the RFID data acquisition application to scan different RFID tags affixed to different objects for placement in a container, to determine both common data for all of the different RFID tags, and unique data for each of the different RFID tags, and to encode an RFID tag for the container with an entry for the common data for the different RFID tags, and each unique data for each of the different RFID tags,
• wherein to encode the RFID tag for the container with the entry for the common data for the different RFID tags, and each unique data for each of the different RFID tags, comprises computer usable program code enabled to create a header for the RFID tag for the container comprising a length of the header, a number of the different RFID tags, a length of the unique data for each of the different RFID tags, and the common data, to combine the header with each unique data for each of the different RFID tags, and to write the combination to an identification (ID) memory of the RFID tag for the container.

A computer program product comprising a

• computer usable storage medium storing computer executable program code for manifest integrity management, the computer program product comprising:
• computer executable program code for scanning different radio frequency identification (RFID) tags affixed to different objects for placement in a container;
• computer executable program code for determining both common data for all of the different RFID tags, and unique data for each of the different RFID tags;
• and,
• computer executable program code for encoding an RFID tag for the container with an entry for the common data for the different RFID tags, and each unique data for each of the different RFID tags, wherein the computer executable program code for encoding the RFID tag for the container with the entry for the common data for the different RFID tags, and each unique data for each of the different RFID tags, comprises:
• computer executable program code for creating a header for the RFID tag for the container comprising a length of the header, a number of the different RFID tags, a length of the unique data for each of the different RFID tags, and the common data;
• computer executable program code for combining the header with each unique data for each of the different RFID tags;
• and,
• computer executable program code for writing the combination to an identification (ID) memory of the RFID tag for the container.