Patent ID: 11887053
Assignee: GLAS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  A | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A system for automatically monitoring inventory, comprising:
a wireless connection device having (i) a processor, (ii) a wireless communication component, and (iii) a memory operatively connected to the processor and storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the wireless connection device to:
determine occurrence of a triggering event associated with a triggering condition;
transmit an inventory request message via the wireless communication component, wherein the inventory request message is transmitted to one or more wireless tags of respective one or more inventory items within a wireless communication range of the wireless connection device;
receive a response message from each of the one or more wireless tags via the wireless communication component;
receive, in response to the inventory request message, one or more device response messages from one or more wirelessly communicating electronic devices within the wireless communication range of the wireless connection device via the wireless communication component;
generate an inventory message based upon the one or more response messages and the one or more device response messages, wherein the inventory message indicates a level of inventory at a location associated with the wireless connection device and wherein the inventory message is distinct from each of the one or more responses messages;
send the inventory message based upon the one or more response messages and the one or more device response messages to an inventory server via a communication network.