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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2011
P. Daniel Kangas, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeff D. Thomas, Raleigh, NC (US);
P. Daniel Kangas, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeff D. Thomas, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for identifier sequencing of wireless identification tags are disclosed. According to aspect, a method includes receiving identifiers of wireless identification tags from each of a plurality of wireless identification read cells. The method also includes determining whether identifiers received from one or more of the wireless identification read cells are not contiguous. Further, the method includes communicating, to the wireless identification read cells, other identifiers having a contiguous sequence for re-sequencing identifiers of the wireless identification tags within the communication range of the wireless identification read cells in response to determining that one or more of the wireless identification read cells have identifiers that are not contiguous.