Patent ID: 8169303

Claim:
A system for initiation of selected businesses processes in a real-time flow of material handling, the system comprising: a configuration tag which is readable by radio frequency signals, the configuration tag being physically associated with one or more articles in a flow to handle an article which is physical, the configuration tag storing and selectively transmitting a configuration control parameter, the articles having at least one identification tag which is readable by radio frequency signals; a proximity detector having an output signal indicating presence of a user in an area of the flow; a configuration tag reader positioned prior to an identification tag reader in the flow reading the configuration control parameter responsive to the article passing the configuration tag reader; and a commander receiving the configuration control parameters from the configuration tag reader, and, responsive to the output signal, engaging a computer-based business process according to the configuration control parameters, and the commander automatically issuing a hardware configuration change command to the identification tag reader to reduce transmission power of the configuration tag reader while the presence of a user is detected.