Patent ID: 7420466

Claim:
A method for managing ID tag scanning and reporting, the method comprising the steps of: initiating a scan of one or more tags; instructing a collection of ID signals transmitted as a result of information gathered during the scan, the ID signals including a tag identifier for each tag, wherein each tag is associated with an actual object model to allow communication between diverse tags and diverse tag readers; instructing a performance of one or more of the following prior to generating and forwarding a scan report to an application: a) where the tag identifier is a temporary tag identifier, resolving the temporary tag identifier for each tag to a permanent tag identifier; b) looking up the actual object model for each tag using the tag identifier; c) authenticating each tag to determine if the tag is counterfeit; d) gathering and storing all descriptive information available for each tag, wherein the descriptive information is sufficient to allow the actual object model to propagate to an application; and e) recognizing any checktags and generating an associated alert; and generating and forwarding a scan report to an application.