Patent ID: 9602976
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: measuring, with a mobile device positioned at a first location adjacent to an electronic equipment rack, a first distance between the first location and a first reference location; reading, at the first location, a first set of data values from a first set of near field communication (NFC) tags attached to electronic devices within the electronic equipment rack; associating the first set of data values with the first distance; measuring, with the mobile device positioned at a second location adjacent to the electronic equipment rack, the second location along a first axis from the first location, a second distance between the second location and the first reference location; reading, at the second location, a second set of data values from a second set of NFC tags attached to the electronic devices within the electronic equipment rack; associating the second set of data values with the second distance; and recording, in response to a first data value being included in the first set of data values and being excluded from the second set of data values, the first data value as corresponding to the first distance.