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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2004
Arthur G. Howarth, San Jose, CA (US);
Ralph Droms, Boxborough, MA (US);
Roland Saville, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Lawrence Kreeger, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher Wiborg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vikas Butaney, Milpitas, CA (US);
Rajiv Singhal, San Jose, CA (US);
Arthur G. Howarth, San Jose, CA (US);
Ralph Droms, Boxborough, MA (US);
Roland Saville, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Lawrence Kreeger, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher Wiborg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vikas Butaney, Milpitas, CA (US);
Rajiv Singhal, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for identifying and provisioning individual RFID devices in a network. According to some implementations of the invention, a combination of EPC code information and existing networking standards form the basis of identifying and provisioning methods. For example, MAC address information and EPC information can be combined to identify a particular device and its location in a network. For implementations using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ('DHCP'), DHCP Options may be used to pass provisioning information. Some implementations employ Domain Name Service ('DNS') and dynamic DNS (“DDNS”) to allow easy identification of RFID devices.