Patent ID: 7830256

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of managing an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) server computer and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) middleware server computer so as to configure the RFID middleware server for interaction that includes interaction with RFID devices with which the RFID middleware server is configured to interact, the method comprising: using the ERP server computer providing an ERP system to call a server form stored on the ERP server computer, the server form providing an ERP server computer based graphical user interface that receives data that identifies and configures the RFID middleware server computer, and the server form having form logic that acts in response to the data received by the graphical user interface provided by the form; using the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) server computer to call a device form stored on the ERP server computer, the device form providing an ERP server computer based graphical user interface that receives data that identifies and sets properties of said RFID devices with which the RFID middleware server computer is configured to interact; transmitting said data that identifies and sets properties of the RFID devices to the middleware server computer in order to configure the RFID middleware server computer to interact with said RFID devices so as to be consistent with the data that identifies and sets properties of the RFID devices, wherein transmitting said data that identifies and sets properties of the RFID devices comprises transmitting from the ERP server computer to the RFID middleware server computer using a first Component Object Model (COM) object on the ERP server computer; using the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) server computer providing the ERP system to call a process form stored on the ERP server computer, the process form providing an ERP server computer based graphical user interface that receives data that identifies and sets properties of RFID processes; and transmitting said data that identifies and sets properties of the RFID processes to the middleware server computer in order to configure the RFID middleware server computer to implement RFID processes consistent with the data that identifies and sets properties of the RFID processes.