Patent ID: 7737847

Claim:
A computer comprising: a chassis supporting a RFID transceiver; a plurality of RFID transponders; a plurality of computer components arranged in a predetermined configuration on the chassis, wherein at least some of the respective computer components include a respective one of the RFID transponders adhesively affixed thereon and each respective RFID transponder is independent of the circuitry of the respective computer components, wherein each respective RFID transponder includes: a sensor configured to detect a component location parameter of the respective computer component, wherein the detected component location parameter indicates a location within the computer of the respective computer component having the respective RFID transponder; and a memory configured to store, as information, the component location parameter of the respective computer component; and a component monitor configured to monitor and receive the stored information from the respective RFID transponders via wireless communication between the RFID transceiver and the respective RFID transponders with the wireless communication being independent of circuitry of the computer.