Article tracking system

An article tracking system including: a plurality of tags, each tag being attached to a respective article in use, a number of tag readers each tag reader in use generates and transmits a message to tags within range of the reader, wherein the one or more tags responsive to the message selectively c...

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Hauptverfasser:	Shannon, Craig David, Schleiss, Annette Joan, Craig, Ian Norton, Isea Alvarez, Jose Alejandro, Vivas Suarez, Maria Veronica, Craig, Timothy Martin, Hutchinson, David Clive, Narayan, Jason, Bower Wilkinson, Samuel Gene, Willdridge, Daniel William, Winter, Dylan Alister
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY PHYSICS SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRANSMISSION WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Zusammenfassung:	An article tracking system including: a plurality of tags, each tag being attached to a respective article in use, a number of tag readers each tag reader in use generates and transmits a message to tags within range of the reader, wherein the one or more tags responsive to the message selectively change operating mode from a passive to active state and if the message is a broadcast message, transmit a tag message at least partially indicative of an identity of the tag to the respective reader whereon the reader generates location data at least partially indicative of a location of at least one tag using the identity of the at least one tag and provides the location data to the at least one processing system, the at least one processing device being responsive to the location data to track the location of articles.