Patent ID: 7345576

Claim:
A method for resolving RFID-based object traffic transactions to a single container in the presence of a plurality of containers comprising the steps of: a) monitoring RFID object traffic transactions to a single container amongst a plurality of containers wherein said traffic transactions are between at least one RFID reader and a plurality of detected RFID tags detected by said at least one RFID reader, b) calculating a cumulative and weighted data set for each detected RFID tag of said RFID tags, c) comparing said data set for said each detected RFID tag with said data set for other of said detected RFID tags and identifying one RFID tag of said detected RFID tags having a greatest cumulative weight calculated for its corresponding said data set so as to resolve multiple detections and identifications of said detected RFID tags in said object traffic transactions to said single container, wherein said data set includes the following data for said each detected RFID tag: radio frequency signal strength, an incremental count of the number of said RFID tag detections and identifications, and the corresponding clock time for each count in said incremental count, and wherein said data is, in order of most important to least important, weighted by said signal strength, said incremental count, and said corresponding clock time.