Oracle International Corporation

Bea Systems, Inc.

Kenneth R Traub

David C Douglas

Steven Rosenthal

Iwao Hatanaka

Chet Birger

Marina Yurievna Popova

Manju James

Peter Michael Gast

Linda Bernardi

Marc H Horowitz

Rajesh V Patel

Eric James Gieseke

Emani Sanjay Sarma

Scott D Abrutyn

Steven F Rehling

An EPC provisioning system comprising an EPC server can dynamically provide EPC code blocks for one product to multiple client sites. The EPC server can use business rules to determine the EPC codes for the multiple client sites.

EPC provisioning system

In one embodiment, a central data repository stores product code information. The central data repository can receive permissions from providers of the produce code information. The permissions can indicate whether the product code information can be provided to a third party.

System and method for a central index for RFID data with data privilege indicia

An EPC provisioning system comprising a EPC server can dynamically provide EPC code blocks for one product to multiple client sites. The EPC server can use business rules to determine the EPC codes for the multiple client sites.

EPC provisioning system using business rules

An RFID workflow module can use metadata to indicate configurable elements. An administration console can use the metadata to produce a configuration page for the RFID workflow module. The configuration page can allow a user to configure the RFID workflow module.

Workflow improvements

A console for an RFID edge server can include a graphical interface to receive ALE filer information such that the graphical interface allows the selection ALE filters on an RFID edge server.

Graphical interface for RFID edge server

A computer architecture for enterprise device applications provides a real-time, bi-directional communication layer for device communication. An identity-based communications layer provides for secure, end-to-end telemetry and control communications by enabling mutual authentication and encryption between the devices and the enterprise. The identity-based communications layer is situated between a network layer and an application layer and transmits a message between two devices identified by a global address. The global address specifies a protocol, a network, and an address meaningful for the combination of the protocol and the network.

Using an identity-based communication layer for computing device communication

A computer architecture for enterprise device applications that provides a real-time, bi-directional communication layer for device communication. An identity-based communications layer provides for secure, end-to-end telemetry and control communications by enabling mutual authentication and encryption between the devices and the enterprise. A unique identity is assigned to each device, user and application to provide security services. The unique identity is independent of a network-address. Security information and a network address may be associated with the unique identity.

Identifying a computer device

A computer architecture for enterprise device applications provides a real-time, bi-directional communication layer for device communication. An identity-based communications layer provides for secure, end-to-end telemetry and control communications by enabling mutual authentication and encryption between the devices and the enterprise. A unique identity is assigned to each device, user and application to provide security services. Telemetry data is communicated between a data producing device and a data receiving device. The telemetry data sent from the data producing device is identified using the identity identifier of the data producing device.

Communicating data from a data producer to a data receiver

An interface to radio-frequency identification (RFID) data provides RFID data in response to an event cycle specification received from an application. The interface is configured to receive the event cycle specification that identifies one or more RFID sources. The event cycle specification also includes a boundary specification that defines a boundary for an event cycle and a report specification that defines a requested output of a non-redundant RFID data. The interface to RFID data, in response to receiving the event cycle specification, provides an output of non-redundant RFID data conforming to the event cycle specification.

Computer application interface to radio-frequency identification data

A computer architecture for enterprise device applications provides a real-time, bi-directional communication layer for device communication. An identity-based communications layer provides for secure, end-to-end telemetry and control communications by enabling mutual authentication and encryption between the devices and the enterprise. A unique identity is assigned to each device, user and application to provide security services. A communications session is established between two devices using an authentication service that authenticates the device that is initiating the establishment of the communications session with another device. After authenticating the initiating device, the authentication service provides to the initiating device the network address of the other device and an authentication credential for use in the communications session between the initiating device and the other device.

Computer system for authenticating a computing device

A computer readable medium can be a metadata-based description of the configuration of an RFID reader. An RFID edge server can interact with the metadata-based description to configure the RFID reader.

Metadata-based configuration of RFID readers

First and second RFID edge servers can interact with RFID tag readers. The first and second RFID edge servers can arbitrate which of the first and second RFID edge servers will be active upon start up or edge server failure.

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Lexington, MA, United States of America

Kenneth R Traub