Patent ID: 8025227
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system that manages data, comprising: a database component that facilitates hierarchical representation of radio frequency identification (RFID) data records of an RFID tagged item; a relationship component that relates RFID elements of the RFID records using backward and forward pointers, the RFID elements include manufacturing and process information of the various stages of a production process associated with the RFID tagged item; and an RFID tag associated with the RFID tagged item that includes a pointer to an RFID element of an RFID data record from the database component such that other RFID elements can be accessed via the backward and forward pointers, the pointer in the RFID tag is updated to point to the RFID element, the RFID element is associated with a current stage of the production process.