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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
James P. Appleyard, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Shannon Hardt, Keller, TX (US);
Shiju Mathai, Carrollton, TX (US);
James P. Appleyard, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Shannon Hardt, Keller, TX (US);
Shiju Mathai, Carrollton, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of integrating devices using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can include tracking movement of an RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag is associated with a user, and determining proximity of the RFID tag to a communication device. The method also can include initiating a programmatic action with the communication device according to the proximity of the RFID tag to the communication device, wherein the programmatic action is associated with the user.