Patent ID: 7961098

Claim:
A locationing system for use in a wireless network, the system comprising: a wireless switch; a global positioning system (GPS) integral with the wireless switch and configured to communicate GPS data to the wireless switch; at least one access port (AP) coupled to the wireless switch; and at least two RFID readers configured to communicate with the at least one access port, each of the two RFID readers configured to read an RFID tag and communicate RFID tag data to the wireless switch, wherein the at least two RFID readers include a mobile RFID reader and a fixed RFID reader, the fixed RFID reader having a known location; wherein the wireless switch is configured to determine the location of the RFID tag utilizing the GPS data and at least one of the known location of the fixed RFID reader and a known offset distance between the access port and the mobile RFID reader.