Patent ID: 8981924
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A personal possession management system using a short range Internet Protocol (IP) based Personal Area Network (PAN), comprising: a master device to be supported or held by a user; and an IP based radio frequency identification (RFID) electronic tag to be attached to or contained within a personal possession desired to be managed, the electronic tag having communicability with the master device, wherein the master device is configured to allot an IP address to the electronic tag in a registration mode using IP and to send probes to the electronic tag including the allotted IP address, wherein the electronic tag is configured to receive messages from the master device including the allotted IP address and to respond accordingly using the allotted IP address, wherein the master device alerts a user when the communicability between the master device and the electronic tag is disrupted in a monitoring mode, wherein the master device is an active, battery operated portable device capable of being carried or worn by a user, wherein the master device includes a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server that dynamically provides said IP address to the electronic tag in said registration mode using standard IEEE 802 protocols used for mobile stations and access points and said master device is configured to send said probes to the electronic tag in a monitoring mode using an active scan algorithm, wherein said master device is configured to send more frequent probes to electronic tags having higher sensitivity than to electronic tags having lower sensitivity according to user preferences, wherein said master device is configured to perform IEEE 802 authentication with the electronic tag, and wherein the master device is configured to enable a user to accept authentication rather than employing an authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) server, and wherein the electronic tag is configured to transmit its location or other information to IP network entities other than the master device for the user of the master device.