Patent ID: 7642914

Claim:
A locating system for a data center comprising: n wireless identification units, at least one wireless identification unit of the n wireless identification units being associated with at least one structure of a plurality of structures of the data center, wherein n≧1; a first transceiver unit and a second transceiver unit positioned within the data center along a common plane, at known X,Y locations within the data center, wherein when operational, each transceiver unit transmits a broadcast signal to the wireless identification units, and responsive thereto, receives response signals from the wireless identification units; and a monitor unit in communication with the first transceiver unit and second transceiver unit for automatically determining an X,Y location within the data center of the at least one structure of the plurality of structures employing, in part, a first time differential(s) between transmission of a first broadcast signal by the first transceiver unit and responsive thereto, receipt at the first transceiver unit of at least one response signal from the at least one wireless identification unit associated with the at least one structure, and a second time differential(s) between transmission of a second broadcast signal by the second transceiver unit and responsive thereto, receipt at the second transceiver unit of at least one response signal from the at least one wireless identification unit associated with the at least one structure, as well as the known X,Y locations within the data center of the first transceiver unit and the second transceiver unit.