Identifying a computer device
A computer architecture for enterprise device applications that provides a real-time, bi-directional communication layer for device communication. An identity-based communications layer provides for secure, end-to-end telemetry and control communications by enabling mutual authentication and encryption between the devices and the enterprise. A unique identity is assigned to each device, user and application to provide security services. The unique identity is independent of a network-address. Security information and a network address may be associated with the unique identity.
1 . A system comprising:
RFID readers;
RFID controllers, each RFID controller associated with at least one of the RFID readers, the RFID readers adapted to read RFID data from RFID tags; and
an enterprise application environment operably connected to the RFID controllers.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the enterprise application environment runs multiple applications that use the RFID data sent from the RFID controllers.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the enterprise application runs application components that apply business rules to inbound RFID data from the RFID controllers.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein additional applications components perform data transformations to prepare the RFID data for use by existing applications.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the enterprise application environment includes application components for policy and system administration of the RFID system.
6 . The system of 1 , further comprising additional RFID controllers interacting with the enterprise application environment.
7 . The system of 1 , further comprising at least one application component at the enterprise application environment to manage the RFID readers.
8 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising at least one application component at the enterprise application environment to setup the RFID readers.
9 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising at least one application component at the enterprise application environment to manage the RFID controller.
10 . A system comprising:
RFID readers;
an RFID controller operably connected to the RFID readers; and
an enterprise application environment running at least one application component to manage the RFID readers.
11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one application component is used to setup the RFID readers.
12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one application component manages the RFID controller.
13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one application component disables malfunctioning RFID readers.
14 . The system of claim 10 , further comprising monitors to detect the health of RFID hardware.
15 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the enterprise application environment includes application components for policy and system administration of the RFID system.
16 . The system of claims 99 , wherein each additional RFID controller is associated with at least one RFID reader.
17 . A system comprising:
RFID readers;
an RFID controller operably connected to the RFID readers; and
an enterprise application environment at a separate location from the RFID controller receiving RFID data from the RFID controller across the Internet, the enterprise application environment running multiple applications that use the RFID data.
18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the enterprise application runs application components that apply business rules to inbound RFID data from the RFID controllers.
19 . The system of claim 17 , wherein additional applications components perform data transformations to prepare the RFID data for use by other applications.
20 . The system of claim 17 , wherein application logic is triggered by specific inbound RFID data.
21 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the enterprise application environment includes application components for policy and system administration of the RFID system.
22 . The system of 17 , further comprising additional RFID controllers interacting with the enterprise application environment.
23 . The system of 17 , further comprising at least one application component at the enterprise application environment to manage the RFID readers.
24 . The system of claim 17 , further comprising at least one application component at the enterprise application environment to setup the RFID readers.
25 . The system of claim 17 , further comprising at least one application component at the enterprise application environment to manage the RFID controller.