Patent ID: 7924141

Claim:
A method comprising: a first RFID reader beginning an inventory session, the RFID reader setting a flag on respective RFID tags that have been inventoried by the first RFID reader; storing information representing the tags that have been inventoried by the first RFID reader; interrupting the first RFID reader's inventory session; resetting the flags on the tags that have been inventoried; a second RFID reader beginning an inventory session, the second RFID reader setting a flag on respective RFID tags that have been inventoried; storing information representing the tags that have been inventoried; resetting the flags set by the second RFID reader; and resuming the inventory session of the first RFID reader, the resuming including reflagging the tags for which information was stored representing the tags that were inventoried by the first RFID reader.