Patent ID: 8452868
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G06Q,G08B

Abstract:
1. A system for tracking an article in a commercial environment, the system comprising: a network entity comprising a server and a router, the router being configured to maintain a communications connection with the server; a ping node configured to transmit a ping signal comprising ping node location data including an identifier of the ping node; and a monitoring device configured for attachment to the article, the monitoring device configured to: wherein the server of the network entity is configured to: wherein the system further comprises: a commissioning node configured to transmit a commissioning ping signal including commissioning node location data, the commissioning node location data including a commissioning node identifier; and a decommissioning node configured to transmit a decommissioning ping signal including decommissioning node location data, the decommissioning node location data including a decommissioning node identifier; wherein the monitoring device is further configured to: wherein the network entity is further configured to commission the monitoring device, wherein being configured to commission the monitoring device comprises being configured to: wherein the monitoring device is further configured to: wherein the network entity is further configured to decommission the monitoring device, wherein being configured to decommission the monitoring device includes being configured to: