Patent ID: 8245219

Claim:
A system to facilitate managing a device within a radio frequency identification (RFID) network, comprising: a radio frequency identification (RFID) network that includes a plurality of devices each configured to receive data from an RFID tag; an upgrade component configured to evaluate the plurality of devices and identify an applicable portion of firmware for each of the plurality of devices based on the evaluation, and, based on the identifying, to deploy applicable portions of firmware to each of the plurality of devices independently of each other; a bulk component configured to enable concurrent streaming of the applicable portions of firmware to selected ones of the plurality of devices; and a presentation component configured to facilitate selecting the applicable portions of firmware and displaying information associated with the plurality of devices, including an interface configured to display available providers associated with the RFID network, the available providers including at least a first proprietary provider associated with a first legacy device, and a second proprietary provider associated with a second legacy device, display, in a same window, one or more devices of the plurality of devices available for selection for a firmware upgrade from one or more of the available providers, a subset of selected devices, an image related to the firmware upgrade, an option to add a device to the subset of selected devices and an option to remove a device from the subset of selected devices, and display an identifier of each of the subset of selected devices, a current version of firmware for each of the subset of selected devices, an applicability of upgrade firmware for each of the subset of selected devices, and a status of a deployment of the upgrade firmware for each of the subset of selected devices, based on whether the upgrade firmware is applicable or not.