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| 20080197980 | Methods and devices for providing scalable RFID networks - According to some implementations of the present invention, RFID devices and middleware servers are automatically provisioned with a network address and with instructions for sending a request for a middleware server to a middleware server assigner. In some implementations, the middleware server assigner is a load balancer. In some implementations, a middleware server is associated with a plurality of RFID devices by associating a middleware server network address or names with the network addresses of the RFID devices. Preferred methods also provide for redundancy of middleware servers and dynamic reassignment of RFID devices from an unavailable middleware server to an available middleware server. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080204199 | Method And System For Remotely Provisioning And/Or Configuring A Device - A method and system for remotely configuring and/or provisioning a device that is nonoperational is provided. The device may be, in general, any electronic device that includes at least one setting (“device setting”) that can be programmatically or otherwise established or adjusted to configure and/or provision the device for its operation. The method includes detecting, via a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag, a state of a device that is communicatively coupled to the RFID tag; and providing the device setting via the RFID tag when the state signifies that the device is nonoperational. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090038005 | PRIVILEGE-BASED ACCESS SYSTEM - In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a network interface system and a logic system. The network interface system comprises at least one network interface. The logic system comprises at least one logic device configured to do the following: receive, via the network interface system, task indications that a first person has completed predetermined tasks; ascertain points to award for the predetermined tasks; receive, via the network interface system, an access request to access identified content; determine a number of points required for granting the access request; determine a number of points currently available to the first person; determine whether to grant the access request; and send, via the network interface system, a message to a device indicating whether to grant the access request. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090091442 | INVENTORY DEVICES AND METHODS - In one implementation, a method includes reading first component data from a first tag associated with a first component of a device. The device may be powered on or off. The first component data indicate components associated with the first component at a first time. The method may involve obtaining second component data from a second tag associated with a support structure. The second component data may indicate components disposed in the support structure at a second time. The method may also involve comparing the first component data with the second component data and determining whether the first component data match the second component data. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100229185 | EVENT / CALENDAR BASED AUTO-START OF VIRTUAL DISKS FOR DESKTOP VIRTUALIZATION - In one embodiment, an occurrence of a triggering event is detected and it is determined that a virtual disk will be assembled in response to the triggering event. A time is determined at which the virtual disk will be assembled. When it is ascertained that the assembly time occurs, the virtual disk is assembled. It may also be determined whether a connection request is received for the virtual disk during a predetermined time. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110004781 | PROVISIONING AND REDUNDANCY FOR RFID MIDDLEWARE SERVERS - The present invention provides for the provisioning and redundancy of RFID middleware servers. Middleware servers can be automatically provisioned and RFID device/middleware server associations can be automatically updated. Some implementations of the invention provide for automatic detection of middleware server malfunctions. Some such implementations provide for automated provisioning and automated updating of RFID device/middleware server associations, whether a middleware server is automatically brought online or is manually replaced. Changes and reassignments of the RFID device populations may be accommodated. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110231930 | INCORPORATING VISUAL ASPECTS TO IDENTIFY PERMISSIONS AND SECURITY LEVELS IN AGGREGATED CONTENT - In one embodiment, a method includes identifying content associated with a composition and at least one authorization associated with a user. The content is a subject of a request for access associated with the user, and is an aggregate of a plurality of sections. The plurality of sections includes a first section with a first authorization level and a second section with a second authorization level that is higher than the first authorization level. The method also includes determining if at least one authorization indicates that the user may access the first section and determining if at least one authorization indicates that the user may access the second section. The first section is portrayed to the user if it is determined that the user may access the first section, and the second section is portrayed to the user if it is determined that the user may access the second section. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110314392 | INCORPORATING CALENDAR INTERFACES TO DYNAMICALLY ADJUST PRESENTATION INFORMATION - In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a group and determining an authorization associated with the group. The group includes a plurality of parties, and the authorization is indicative of a privilege level associated with the group. The method also includes obtaining a set of data and processing the set of data. Processing the set of the data includes determining if the authorization indicates that at least a first section of the data is accessible to the group. Finally, the first section of data is rendered for presentation to the group if it is determined that the authorization indicates that the first section of the data is accessible to the group. | 12-22-2011 |
