Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated RFID reader detection
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Application No.: US16370130Application Date: 2019-03-29
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Publication No.: US10834617B2Publication Date: 2020-11-10
- Inventor: Theodore R. Carraher , Bruce H. Hyre , David K. Lavin
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent L. Jeffrey Kelly
- Main IPC: H04W24/02
- IPC: H04W24/02 ; G08B13/24 ; H04L12/24 ; H04W64/00

Abstract:
Included are network devices, systems, methods, and computer readable medium. These may employ a microcontroller with access to computer readable memory and computer readable storage wherein the microcontroller operates at a first network component of a local area network. The microcontroller may be configured to spatially locate one or more fiducial network components of a local area network in which the microcontroller is a member. The spatial location may be determined by receiving a unique identifier for a first fiducial network component, receiving a wireless signal from the first fiducial network component, determining a physical distance between the first network component and the first fiducial network component, and updating a registry with the determined physical distance. In certain embodiments, the network component may be an RFID reader and the unique identifier may be an IP or MAC address.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190230527A1 AUTOMATED RFID READER DETECTION Public/Granted day:2019-07-25
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