Patent ID: 8742929

Claim:
A system for locating, identifying and tracking of at least one object or person, said system comprising: an active or passive transponders affixable to the object or person; a scanner for transmitting and receiving time-varying electromagnetic radio frequency (RF) signals; and an antenna having a first coverage area for respectively transmitting and receiving said RF signals to and from said scanner and said transponder, wherein said antennas being strategically affixable within a facility, and said system including locating, identifying and tracking means for enabling the system to process data generated by said transponder, scanner and antenna to locate, identify and track the object or person having said transponder affixed to the object or person, said locating means enabling location of a position of the object or person, said identifying means enabling identification of a characteristic by which the object or person is recognizable and said tracking means enabling tracking of the course of a moving object or person entering or exiting a plurality of coverage areas.