Patent ID: 7397358
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: G06F,G08B

Abstract:
1. A method of providing information via the Internet, in respect of a target location which is fixed with respect to a larger object, to a user having Internet access, comprising: a) providing a plurality of RFID transponders fixed relative to each other and to said target location and each carrying a unique RFID code; b) providing a database accessible to said user via the Internet and an Internet accessible server adapted to store data in said database about said target location corresponding to said plurality of unique RFID codes and to interactively communicate information to said user via the Internet; c) constructing said database by storing data about said target location in association with said plurality of unique RFID codes and the relationship of said plurality of RFID transponders; d) providing said user with an RFID interrogator for interrogating said RFID transponders and receiving said plurality of unique codes; e) said user interrogating said RFID transponders and receiving said plurality of unique codes; f) said user constructing a query including said plurality of unique codes; g) said user communicating said query to said server over the Internet; h) said server retrieving data stored in said database in response to said query based on the relationship of said plurality of RFID transponders; and i) said server communicating and displaying to said user information relating to said data retrieved based on said query; wherein said larger object is not fixed with respect to the Earth, and is selected from the group consisting of ships, trains, trucks and airborne vehicles, and said interrogator receives said plurality of unique codes from said plurality of RFID transponders which are used to construct said query and to query said database, using the fixed relative locations of said plurality of RFID transponders.