Patent ID: 7735732

Claim:
An RFID cabinet for monitoring items having an RFID tag, the cabinet comprising: a cabinet comprising a back, a first side, a second side, a third side, a bottom and at least one locking door; an RFID detector for monitoring each item contained within the cabinet and for identifying data embedded on an RFID tag located on an item placed within the cabinet; and a computer coupled to the RFID cabinet, wherein the computer controls unlocking and locking of the locking door, wherein the computer is configured to receive an input that identifies a user, and wherein the computer is configured to at a plurality of times record data read, in response to the computer detecting using a sensor that the door is closed, from all RFID tags in the cabinet by the RFID detector, wherein the computer is configured to disable RFID reading in response to the computer detecting using the sensor that the door is open.