Patent ID: 6796506
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: G01S,G06K

Abstract:
A method of tracking electronic devices equipped with tracking tags, the electronic devices being housed in bays in a server rack where the bays are provided along a vertical axis of the server rack, said method comprising:distributing a plurality of reading devices in locations on said server rack corresponding to said bays in said server rack, wherein said server rack is operable to be used in a data center to house said electronic devices; recording the locations of said plurality of reading devices; activating said plurality of reading devices and thereby interrogating said tracking tags of said electronic devices present in said bays, wherein said electronic devices are provided in said bays arranged along said vertical axis of said server rack and said tracking tags include radio frequency tracking tags; collecting identification data from said tracking tags; and determining at least one of a presence and a location of at least one of said electronic devices based on the collected identification data.