Patent ID: 6614351
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G06K,G07C

Abstract:
A system for administering processing of a number of articles, said system comprising:a number of identifying devices each in or secured to a respective article; a plurality of portable processing systems for use by a plurality of users, said portable processing systems each comprising: a glove having a tag sensing device, said tag sensing device transmitting an alternating magnetic field, said alternating magnetic field having a frequency; the identifying devices each being a passive tag device that coacts with the magnetic field when within a threshold distance from the tag sensing device so that the tag sensing device derives therefrom data including data identifying the identifying device relative to the other identifying devices; a data processor operatively associated with the tag sensing device and receiving therefrom a data signal, said data signal containing the identifying data, said data processor having a wireless communication link to a computer data network; and a display device connected with the data processor for displaying information to the user; each of the identifying devices having a respective unique network address corresponding thereto, the data processor converting said identifying data in said data signal to the unique network address for the identifying device, and accessing said network address over the computer data network; a plurality of servers connected with the computer data network, said servers supporting said network addresses; said data processor transmitting data identifying the tag device and event data identifying the user and a location of the user to the network address over the computer data network, said servers being connected with a computerized resource management system, said servers transmitting to said resource management system management data derived from the identifying data and the event data received thereby; said management system accessing a data record indexed based on the identifying data; said management system recording said management data or data derived therefrom; said management system preparing and transmitting display data including data derived from the data record to the respective server; the server transmitting the display data to the respective portable processing system; and the portable processing system displaying the display data to the user on the display device.