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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2005
Applicants:

Anush Kumar, Seattle, WA (US);

Mohamed Fakrudeen Ahmed, Coimbatore, IN;

Janaki Ram Goteti, Hyderabad, IN;

Vamshidhar G. R. Reddy, Redmond, WA (US);

Vinod Anantharaman, Issaquah, WA (US);

Balasubramanian Sriram, Sammamish, WA (US);

Abhishek Agarwal, Hyderabad, IN;

Inventors:

Anush Kumar, Seattle, WA (US);

Mohamed Fakrudeen Ahmed, Coimbatore, IN;

Janaki Ram Goteti, Hyderabad, IN;

Vamshidhar G. R. Reddy, Redmond, WA (US);

Vinod Anantharaman, Issaquah, WA (US);

Balasubramanian Sriram, Sammamish, WA (US);

Abhishek Agarwal, Hyderabad, IN;

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates interacting with a device component to provide uniform communication, discovery, and management. A device service provider interface (DSPI) component can provide a uniform manner to communicate and/or manage a radio frequency identification (RFID) device. The DSPI component can include a receiver component that receives one or more RFID server data and RFID device data. The DSPI component can define an interface that facilitates communication of the one or more of RFID server data and RFID device data between an RFID device and an RFID server in a uniform manner. The interface(s) can be defined to handle discovery, configuration, communication, and connection management.


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