Patent ID: 6925471

Claim:
A method of detecting interactions among objects associated with RFID tags, the method implemented in computer software operating in a services gateway, the services gateway comprising server software installed and operating upon a computer, the method comprising the steps of: reading, through an RFID reader, a first RFID identification code from a first RFID tag associated with a first object; reading, through the RFID reader, a second RFID identification code from a second RFID tag associated with a second object; and inferring from an interactions database an interaction between the objects; wherein the interactions database comprises an interactions record representing the interaction between the objects, the interactions record comprising an interaction identification field having a value identifying the interaction between the objects and at least two RFID identification fields; and wherein the readings of RFID identification codes and the inferring of an interaction are carried out through Java servlets in an OSGI-compliant service bundle installed and operating in the service gateway.