Creation and management of RFID device versions
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsKrishnan Gopalan, Kalyan Chakravarthy Sonnathi, Bhuvanesh N. Jain
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that creates, manages, or maintains multiple device versions in a network of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices. The system can include components that detect whether a device has joined the network and based at least in part on such indication creates a device profile the first time that the device is detected, establishes a version trail containing configuration settings specific to the detected device, and thereafter builds and maintains the version trail when the device joins and/or leaves the network.
Claims20
A machine-implemented system, comprising:
- at least one server of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) network;
- and
- a component of the server configured to
- receive, from an interface, an indication of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader joining the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) network, the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader identifies Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags when the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags are within a range of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader,
- based at least in part on the indication, interrogating the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader to obtain current configuration settings of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader, the configuration settings associated with configurable aspects of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader;
- creating a device profile for the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader based on the obtained configuration settings of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader;
- and
- storing the device profile for the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader as a first version.
A method implemented on a machine, comprising:
- acquiring indication of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader on a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) network, the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader identifies Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags when the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags are within a range of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader;
- based at least in part on the indication, interrogating the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader to obtain current configuration settings of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader, the configuration settings associated with configurable aspects of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader;
- creating a device profile for the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader based on the obtained configuration settings of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader;
- and
- storing the device profile for the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader as a first version.
A computer-readable storage memory storing instructions, the instructions in response to execution by one or more computing devices implementing a process, comprising:
- determining a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader presence on a network including a plurality of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers, the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader identifies Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags when the Radio Frequency (RFID) tags are within a range of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader;
- based at least in part on the determination, interrogating the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader to obtain current configuration settings of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader, the configuration settings associated with configurable aspects of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader;
- creating a device profile for the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader based on the obtained configuration settings of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader;
- and
- storing the device profile for the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader as a first version.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.