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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:
Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

May. 06, 2011
Applicants:

Amit Singh, Irving, TX (US);

Chad Young, Allen, TX (US);

Rupesh Kumar, Gainesville, VA (US);

John Taneyhill, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Dinyar Kavouspour, Plano, TX (US);

Fariborz Ebrahimi, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Amit Singh, Irving, TX (US);

Chad Young, Allen, TX (US);

Rupesh Kumar, Gainesville, VA (US);

John Taneyhill, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Dinyar Kavouspour, Plano, TX (US);

Fariborz Ebrahimi, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G07D 11/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01); G06K 17/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07D 11/0066 (2013.01); G08B 13/248 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); G06K 2017/0045 (2013.01); G07F 17/246 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method comprising receiving radio frequency tracker identifiers stored by tags associated with items; evaluating the radio frequency tracker identifiers based on radio frequency tracker identifiers previously received or concurrently received; identifying one or more radio frequency tracker identifiers based on the evaluating; selecting a rule from a set of rules when it is determined that an event occurred with respect to the identified one or more radio frequency tracker identifiers, wherein the set of rules correlates with information included in the radio frequency tracker identifiers and the selected rule pertains to an occurrence of the event; selecting a responsive action based on the selected rule; and generating a notification defined by the selected responsive action.


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