Patent ID: 7870252
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring availability of end user devices needed for performing a task, said system comprising: a memory; a processor in communication with said memory, wherein the system is configured for performing a method comprising: providing, in a first network comprising one or more active and passive devices associated with an end user, each said one or more active and passive end user devices associated with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, at least one end user active device adapted for communicating with a service provider via a second network and said passive end user device not having computing capability, said service provider providing network-based services in said system; maintaining information of tasks associated with an end user, said information including recommended passive end-user devices adapted to perform said tasks, said tasks information provided to at least one end-user device by said service provider, said maintained information including recommended performance criteria associated with each passive device sufficient for performing end-user tasks, said comparing further comparing a configuration of a passive end-user device associated with a task with said recommended performance criteria; and, detecting, by at least one end-user device, non-availability or performance deficiencies of said one or more active and passive end-user devices required in performing end-user tasks by scanning said RFID tags, wherein said communicating with a service provider comprises generating signals for invoking network-based services via said second network to facilitate correcting non-availability of any end-user passive device, said detecting comprising: