Patent ID: 8976028
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A system for tracking at least one item, the system comprising: a computing device capable of near field communication (NFC) and including a radio frequency identification (RFID) transceiver; and at least one tag coupled to each of the at least one item, the at least one item having a communication prioritization associated therewith, the at least one tag communicatively coupled to the computing device using radio frequency (RF) signals, wherein the at least one tag is polled by the computing device, said polling comprising the transceiver communicating with the at least one tag in accordance with the polling priority of the at least one tag, said polling priority derived from the communication prioritization associated with the at least one item; wherein the coupling of the at least one tag to the at least one item enables the computing device to identify the at least one item and the distance from the at least one item to the computing device.