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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Applicant:
Jan Rogoyski, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Inventor:
Jan Rogoyski, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer implemented method, computer usable code and apparatus for locating a desired medium having a radio frequency transponder having a product unique identifier, wherein the desired medium has a medium name. A radio frequency reader or reader looks up the medium unique identifier from a user inventor based on the medium name. The reader sends an interrogate signal. The reader receives a radio frequency response having a candidate identifier. The reader determines whether the candidate identifier matches search criteria and outputs a status change to a user interface.