Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods that integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with agent-based control systems
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Application No.: US12481961Application Date: 2009-06-10
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Publication No.: US08384544B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Pavel Vrba , Filip Macurek , Vladimir Marik , Kenwood H. Hall , Pavel Tichy
- Applicant: Pavel Vrba , Filip Macurek , Vladimir Marik , Kenwood H. Hall , Pavel Tichy
- Applicant Address: US OH Mayfield Heights
- Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Mayfield Heights
- Agency: Turocy & Watson, LLP
- Agent William R. Walbrun; John M. Miller
- Main IPC: G08B13/14
- IPC: G08B13/14

Abstract:
The subject invention relates to systems and methods that distribute electronic data, such as Electronic Product Code (EPC) data, obtained from RFID tags by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and/or servers to agents within an agent-based control system. The systems and methods employ a component that collects, filters, processes, and stores electronic product data. The component collects electronic product data through corresponding reader and/or server interfaces. This data can be filtered to accept particular electronic product data, processed to a format suitable to the agents, and stored. Such storage can include delineating the electronic product data across rows of a table by electronic product code and across columns of the table by various types of data. Upon receiving a subscription and/or request from an agent for electronic product data, the component can obtain and convey the information to the agent.
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