Patent ID: 7497370

Claim:
A method for managing process data, comprising: receiving status information at a handheld computing device, said status information includes Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) data and status data about one or more objects; synchronizing said handheld computing device with a controller, including synchronizing said status information; removing redundant data from said RFID data and said status data at said controller; sending said RFID data and said status data from said controller to a separate data processing system; receiving status information at said separate data processing center; storing said status information in a first format in a temporary data store, said storing is performed by said separate data processing system; adding attribute information for said one or more objects to said status information in said temporary data store, said adding attribute information comprises: accessing said RFID data in said temporary data store, using said accessed RFID data to determine if said attribute information is in a cache, acquiring said attribute information from said cache if said attribute information is in said cache, acquiring said attribute information from an external look-up service if said attribute information is not in said cache, and storing said attribute information in said first format in said temporary data store in association with said status information; transforming said status data and attribute information to a second format based on metadata; and publishing said transformed status data and attribute information.