Patent ID: 7747554

Claim:
A real-time business process triggering system (RBPTS), comprising: a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) middleware adapting means for receiving RFID data from an RFID middleware/RFID reader and generating an RFID event Extensible Markup Language (XML) document to apply the RFID data to a rule; an event managing means for receiving the RFID event XML document from the RFID middleware adapting means and generating an event query required for inference of the rule; a rule managing means for generating a result set by performing rule inference on the event query through an inference engine and generating an action list required for performing action based on the generated result set; a Web Service arbitrating means for communicating through Web Service using an external application and a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP); an action managing means for performing action in real-time by calling the Web Service through the Web Service arbitrating means based on the action list; and an event repository for storing and managing registered all RFID event information, rule and action.