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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:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2005
Geoff Lyon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Salil Pradhan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bill Serra, Montara, CA (US);
Allpio Caban, Arecibo, PR (US);
Jorge E Badillo, Rincon, PR (US);
Geoff Lyon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Salil Pradhan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bill Serra, Montara, CA (US);
Allpio Caban, Arecibo, PR (US);
Jorge E Badillo, Rincon, PR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention describe a method of tracking an item, comprising. The items is associated with a tag and capable of responding to a query from a tag reader and tag combination. The tag reader and tag combination capable of identifying the item associated with the tag using a tag reader. In operation, a tag reader makes a request to at least one tag reader and tag combination for the identity of an item associated with a tag. The tag reader and tag combination identifies the item associated with the tag and provides the identity of the item and tag to the tag reader.