| US 7,518,511 B1 | ||
| Dynamic product tracking system using RFID | ||
| Ravi Panja, 5793 Cannes Pl., San Jose, Calif. 95138 (US); Ashish Chona, 18822 Bellgrove Cir., Saratoga, Calif. 95070 (US); Ye Zhou, 4513 Carlyle Ct., # 313, Santa Clara, Calif. 95054 (US); and Leif Chastaine, 114 W. Cornll Ct., Meridian, Id. 83642 (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 01, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/367,024. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/657915, filed on Mar. 01, 2005. | ||
| Int. Cl. G08B 13/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—572.1 [340/568.1; 340/539.13; 340/825.69] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A method for acquiring and managing data relating to item-level movement of products, product type, or other objects comprising
the steps of—
affixing a RFID tag to each item initialized with at least a product ID code unique to the product type and a serial number
unique to the specific product or object,
scanning the RFID tag with an RFID antenna or other radio frequency scanner to determine the product ID code, serial number,
and current location,
receiving the scanned data from said RFID scanner into a local control node computer,
transmitting said scanned data from said control node computer through an electronic data network to an RFID tracking server,
creating a data record on said tracking server to contain said scanned data,
supplementing said scanned data with static reference data pertaining to the product and manufacturer,
further supplementing the scanned data with business context information such as invoice, purchase order, repair order or
maintenance request, and
recording said scanned data and said supplemental data in one or more data records in an electronic data storage and retrieval
system.
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