Core Transport Technologies N.z. Ltd

Ian Norton Craig

Craig David Shannon

Maria Veronica Vivas Suarez

David Clive Hutchinson

Daniel William Willdridge

Jose Alejandro Isea Alvarez

Dylan Alister Winter

Timothy Martin Craig

Samuel Gene Bower Wilkinson

Annette Joan Schleiss

Jason Narayan

An article tracking system including: a plurality of tags, each tag being attached to a respective article in use and including: a power supply; a tag transceiver that transmits or receives messages; and a tag processing device; a number of tag readers, each tag reader including: at least one reader transceiver that transmits or receives messages; and, a reader processing device in communication with the at least one tag reader; and, at least one processing system in communication with the number of tag readers, and wherein in use each tag reader: generates a message; and, transmits the message to one or more tags within an operating range of the reader, wherein ones of the one or more tags in a passive operating mode are responsive to the message to: receive the message; selectively change a tag operating mode; and, if the message is a broadcast message, transmit a tag message at least partially indicative of an identity of the tag; receives any tag messages; generates location data at least partially indicative of a location of at least one tag using the identity of the at least one tag from any received tag messages; and, provides the location data to the at least one processing system, the at least one processing device being responsive to the location data to track the location of articles.

Article tracking system

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Nelson, New Zealand

Ian Norton Craig