Patent ID: 9461715
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G06K,H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A server and rack system comprising: at least one server rack; multiple server slots within the at least one rack; multiple near field communication (NFC) tags; a server located within one of the multiple server slots; an NFC reader contained within, and powered by the server; and an entity that needs to receive locations of servers within racks of the system; wherein each of the multiple NFC tags is positioned on the rack so as to individually correspond, on a one-to-one basis, with each of the multiple server slots, and each of the NFC tags is programmed with an identifier of the specific rack and slot with which it corresponds; and wherein the NFC reader is positioned such that, when power is supplied to the NFC reader by the server, the NFC reader will automatically without human intervention read the identifier programmed into the NFC tag that corresponds to the slot the server is located within, without reading any adjacent slot and automatically communicate that identifier to the entity.