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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Raminder Singh Bajwa, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sanjeev Dharap, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Anurag Mendhekar, Los Altos, CA (US);
Pavithra Reddy Moranganti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Radhika Muralidharan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Raminder Singh Bajwa, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sanjeev Dharap, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Anurag Mendhekar, Los Altos, CA (US);
Pavithra Reddy Moranganti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Radhika Muralidharan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Blue Vector Systems, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A bidirectional radio frequency identification (RFID) network system and method are presented. The system allows users to configure, monitor, and manage different sensor devices by using a graphical user interface real-time. The reconfiguration is done through a network management computer at the top system level that receives user input, generates code images according to the user input, and appropriately routes the code images to sensor routers that directly control the sensors. If the system is multi-layered, some code images are also sent to the intermediate-level network management computers. The system allows users to not only monitor a business flow but react to problematic situations quickly by adjusting the workflow. The aspect-oriented nature of the system allows users to reconfigure the system based only the Functionality aspects without worrying about the Partitioning aspects (e.g., how the network and the sensors are physically connected).