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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Theodore R. Carraher, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bruce H. Hyre, Cary, NC (US);
David K. Lavin, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2013.01); G08B 13/2462 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); G08B 13/2488 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Carrying out a calibration cycle on one or more components in a local area network, the network including a plurality of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and the calibration cycle including exchanging, between RFID readers or other components of the local area network, distances between RFID readers calculated by one or more other components of the local area network.