Patent ID: 7046141
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. An electronic object location system comprising: at least eight identification tags, each tag having RF receive capabilities, and each tag having an internal tag memory for storing a unique tag identification code associated therewith, each tag being attachable to an object; and a single portable finder having a processor and an internal finder memory, and RF send capabilities, said finder storing a plurality of said unique tag identification codes in said finder memory, wherein said tag identification codes are associated in said finder memory with descriptive text identifying an object to a user, and wherein said descriptive text identifiers provide an intuitive object identifier; wherein said finder is configured for direct communication with each individual identification tag of said at least eight identification tags; wherein a user can select a stored descriptive text identifier for location of at least one desired object from said finder memory, and said finder then transmits a search RF signal to locate the identification tag associated with each desired object using the stored tag identification code associated with said selected descriptive text, the search RF signal including the selected tag identification code, wherein an identification tag in the vicinity of the finder receives the search RF signal and compares the transmitted tag identification code with its own tag identification code stored in said internal tag memory, and wherein the identification tag responds to the search RF signal by signaling only if the transmitted tag identification code matches its own tag identification code.