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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2012
Shawn M. Luke, Williston, VT (US);
Michael R. Ouellette, Westford, VT (US);
Karl V. Swanke, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Sebastian T. Ventrone, South Burlington, VT (US);
Shawn M. Luke, Williston, VT (US);
Michael R. Ouellette, Westford, VT (US);
Karl V. Swanke, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Sebastian T. Ventrone, South Burlington, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are an object locator system, a method and a program storage device. In the embodiments, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are on objects within a defined area and each RFID tag can be activated by an RF activation signal. When a request (e.g., a verbal or keyed-in request) to locate a specific object is received from a specific user, the required permission to locate the object is verified and, optionally, the identity of the specific user is authenticated. Once the required permission is verified and the identity of the specific user is authenticated, one of three RFID readers transmits an RF activation signal. RF response signals received back at the three RFID readers from the specific object's RFID tag are used to triangulate the position of the specific object. Once determined, the position is communicated (e.g., by map display, verbal message, or text message) to the specific user.