Patent ID: 7394372
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: G01S,G06K,G06Q,G08B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving at a tracking device that is also an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag, data from each of a plurality of RFID tags, the received data including an identification code for each RFID tag; storing the received data at the tracking device; aggregating received data from one of the plurality of RFID tags with previously received data from the RFID tag and with received data from another one of the plurality of RFID tags, the aggregating being at the tracking device using rules within the tracking device; packaging the aggregated, received data at the tracking device in an appropriate format for transmission; and transmitting the aggregated received data from the tracking device to a remote tracking entity based on rules stored within the tracking device.