Patent ID: 7155264
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: G01S,G06K,G06Q,G07C,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a wireless data communication network among wireless transceivers, each wireless transceiver used to read one or more wireless tags (WTs) that are disposed externally to and in proximity thereof, each wireless transceiver including a designation with a first plurality of wireless transceivers having a first common designation and a second plurality of wireless transceivers having a second common designation different from the first common designation, the method comprising the steps of: (a) forming an ad hoc hierarchical network for each of the first plurality and second plurality of wireless transceivers; and (b) communicating to an external network from each wireless transceiver of each ad hoc hierarchical network by, (c) wherein each wireless transceiver comprises,