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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2004
Arthur G. Howarth, Orleans, CA;
Rajiv Singhal, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Moon, Dublin, CA (US);
Roland Saville, Oakland Park, FL (US);
Jayesh Chokshi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael DE Leo, San Jose, CA (US);
Arthur G. Howarth, Orleans, CA;
Rajiv Singhal, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Moon, Dublin, CA (US);
Roland Saville, Oakland Park, FL (US);
Jayesh Chokshi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael De Leo, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
According to some implementations of the present invention, RFID devices and middleware servers are automatically provisioned with a network address and with instructions for sending a request for a middleware server to a middleware server assigner. In some implementations, the middleware server assigner is a load balancer. In some implementations, a middleware server is associated with a plurality of RFID devices by associating a middleware server network address or names with the network addresses of the RFID devices. Preferred methods also provide for redundancy of middleware servers and dynamic re-assignment of RFID devices from an unavailable middleware server to an available middleware server.