CA2531667A1 - Mobile devices including rfid tag readers - Google Patents

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CA2531667A1
CA2531667A1 CA002531667A CA2531667A CA2531667A1 CA 2531667 A1 CA2531667 A1 CA 2531667A1 CA 002531667 A CA002531667 A CA 002531667A CA 2531667 A CA2531667 A CA 2531667A CA 2531667 A1 CA2531667 A1 CA 2531667A1
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Assaph Mehr
Nivedita Mogale
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    • G08B25/01—Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium
    • G08B25/08—Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium using communication transmission lines
    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G08B25/01—Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium
    • G08B25/10—Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium using wireless transmission systems
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    • H04B7/24—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field for communication between two or more posts
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Abstract

A wireless access point in an object location system is provided that includes a tag filtering agent 128 operable to (a) receive tag information from a mobile communication device 104, (b) compare the received tag information with a set of a plurality of tag information to determine whether to report the received tag information to a central registry 116; and (c) when appropriate report the received tag information and physical location information to the central registry 116. The tag information corresponds to tag information contained by a tag 120 on an object and was obtained by a tag reader 256 on the mobile communication device. The physical location information corresponds to a physical location of the mobile communication device 104 at a selected point in time.

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1. A method for locating an object, comprising:
(a) in a mobile communication device comprising a tag reader, the tag reader wirelessly accessing tag information from a tag on an object and (b) the mobile communication device reporting the accessed tag information to a wireless access point.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device is a cellular phone and the wireless access point is a base station and further comprising:
(c) the wireless access point receiving the tag information;
(d) the wireless access point comparing the tag information with a listing of tag information corresponding to a plurality of tags to determine whether to report the received tag information to a central registry; and (e) when the received tag information is to be reported, transmitting to the central registry the tag information, physical location information, and a time stamp associated with the reporting mobile communication device.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
(f) the central registry receiving the tag and physical location information;
(g) the central registry comparing the tag information with a listing of tag information corresponding to a plurality of tags to determine whether to report the received tag information to a dispatcher; and (h) when the received tag information is to be reported, transmitting to a dispatcher the tag and physical location information and associated time stamp.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the tag information is included in a routine communication between the cellular phone and base station.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein, in the reporting step, the mobile communication device further provides to the wireless access point a physical location of the communication device and wherein the physical location is determined by a Global Positioning System module in communication with the mobile communication device.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the tag information is transmitted on one or both of the control and bearer channels between the mobile communication device and wireless access point.
7. The method of claim 2, wherein, in the transmitting step (e), the wireless access point further provides to the central registry a physical location of the communication device and wherein the physical location is determined by the wireless access point in communication with the mobile communication device.
8. A logic circuit operable to perform the steps of claim 1.
9. A computer readable medium operable to perform the steps of claim 1.
10. A system for locating an object, comprising:
(a) tag reading means for wirelessly accessing tag information from a tag on an object, wherein the tag reading means is located in a mobile communication device; and (b) tag reporting means for reporting the accessed tag information to a wireless access point.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the mobile communication device is a cellular phone and the wireless access point is a base station and wherein the wireless access point comprises tag filtering means for (a) comparing the tag information with a listing of tag information corresponding to a plurality of tags to determine whether to report the received tag information to a central registry; and (b) when the received tag information is to be reported, transmitting to a central registry the tag information, physical location information, and a time stamp associated with the reporting mobile communication device.
12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:
a central registry comprising tag responding means (a) for receiving the tag and physical location information; (b) comparing the tag information with a listing of tag information corresponding to a plurality of tags to determine whether to report the received tag information to a dispatcher; and (c) when the received tag information is to be reported, transmitting to a dispatcher the tag and physical location information and associated time stamp.
13. The system of claim 11, wherein the tag information is included in a routine communication between the cellular phone and base station.
14. The system of claim 10, wherein, in the reporting function, the tag reporting means further provides to the wireless access point a physical location of the communication device and wherein the physical location is determined by a Global Positioning System module in communication with the tag reporting means.
15. The system of claim 11, wherein the tag information is transmitted on one or both of the control and bearer channels between the mobile communication device and wireless access point.
16. The system of claim 11, wherein, in the transmitting function, the wireless access point further provides to the central registry a physical location of the communication device and wherein the physical location is determined by the wireless access point in communication with the mobile communication device.
17. A wireless access point in an object location system, comprising:
a tag filtering agent operable to (a) receive tag information from a mobile communication device, (b) compare the received tag information with a set of a plurality of tag information to determine whether to report the received tag information to a central registry; and (c) when appropriate report the received tag information and physical location information to the central registry, wherein the tag information corresponds to tag information contained by a tag on an object and was obtained by a tag reader on the mobile communication device and wherein the physical location information corresponds to a physical location of the mobile communication device at a selected point in time.
18. The wireless access point of claim 17, wherein the physical location information is received from a Global Positioning System module on the mobile communication device and approximates a physical location of the mobile communication device when the tag information was obtained by the tag reader.
19. The wireless access point of claim 17, wherein the physical location information is determined by the wireless access point and approximates a physical location of the mobile communication device when the tag information was obtained by the tag reader.
20. The wireless access point of claim 17, wherein the mobile communication device is a cellular phone and the wireless access point is a base station, and wherein the tag filtering agent reports a time stamp to the central registry, the time stamp being associated with the reporting mobile communication device and approximating a time when the tag information was obtained by the tag reader.
21. The wireless access point of claim 17, wherein the central registry comprises a tag responding agent operable to (a) receive the tag and physical location information; (b) compare the tag information with a listing of tag information corresponding to a plurality of tags to determine whether to report the received tag information to a dispatcher; and (c) when the received tag information is to be reported, transmit to the dispatcher the tag and physical location information.
22. The wireless access point of claim 20, wherein the tag information is included in a routine communication between the cellular phone and base station.
23. The wireless access point of claim 20, wherein the tag information is transmitted on one or both of the control and bearer channels between the mobile communication device and wireless access point.
24. The wireless access point of claim 17, wherein the mobile communication device is a laptop and the wireless access point is a web service.
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