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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2005
Christian Lee Hunt, Cary, NC (US);
Vincent Mitchel Padua, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robin Radez, Westport, CT (US);
William Alexander Reichert, Iii, Buda, TX (US);
Gregory Covert Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Oriana Jeannette Williams, Dallas, TX (US);
Christian Lee Hunt, Cary, NC (US);
Vincent Mitchel Padua, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robin Radez, Westport, CT (US);
William Alexander Reichert, III, Buda, TX (US);
Gregory Covert Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Oriana Jeannette Williams, Dallas, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and computer program products for managing a device connected to a network include querying the device using the network, querying the device using a simulated RFID tag, and querying the device using a suppressible RFID tag to determine status information about the device. A system for managing a device connected to a network comprises means for monitoring status of the device using the network, for receiving status information about the device reported by a simulated RFID tag, and for receiving status information about the device reported by a suppressible RFID tag.