Methods, computer program products, terminals and systems for providing location reporting of RFID enabled moveable objects

1. A method of providing location information associated with moveable objects comprising:

periodically receiving identification (ID) information at a first terminal from a moveable object via a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) signal;

providing updated location information for the moveable object;

determining that the moveable object is associated with a second terminal; and

sending the updated location information to the second terminal in response to determining that the moveable object is associated with the second terminal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first terminal comprises a mobile terminal and the second terminal comprises a stationary terminal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein sending the updated location information comprises providing a map including the location information on a display of the second terminal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing updated location information comprises:

determining new location information associated with the ID information using Global Position System (GPS) information for the first terminal responsive to the periodically received ID information; and

updating the location information with the GPS information to provide the updated location information for the moveable object.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing updated location information comprises:

determining new location information associated with the ID information using network location information for the first terminal responsive to the periodically received ID information; and

updating the location information with the network location information to provide the updated location information for the moveable object.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising activating a location ignore flag, wherein if the location ignore flag is activated to an ignore state, then the updated location information is not sent to the second terminal.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the movable object comprises one of a plurality of movable objects having respective unique ID information, the plurality of movable objects configured to transmit the respective unique ID information to the first terminal via RFID signals.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising providing a plurality of most recently known location information for the plurality of movable objects.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein providing the plurality of most recently known location information comprises providing the plurality of most recently known location information via a webpage available via the Internet.

10. A computer program product for providing location information associated with moveable objects, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code configured to operate according to the method of claim 1 .

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising evaluating the ID information relative to the first terminal to determine if the moveable object is associated with the first terminal.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the moveable object and the second terminal are associated by common ownership.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the moveable object is associated with a second terminal comprises comparing the ID information to data in a database.

14. A mobile terminal comprising:

a mobile terminal transceiver circuit;

a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) interface circuit configured to periodically receive identification (ID) information via RFID signals from one or more movable objects equipped with RFID tags; and

a processor circuit, coupled to the mobile terminal transceiver circuit, the processor circuit configured to coordinate the operation of the mobile terminal including the mobile terminal transceiver circuit and configured to transmit ID information to a database to determine if the moveable object is associated with the mobile terminal.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , further comprising a location circuit configured to provide location information corresponding to the mobile terminal.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15 , wherein the location circuit is configured to provide location information corresponding to the mobile terminal using Global Position System (GPS) information.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 15 , wherein the location circuit is configured to provide location information corresponding to the mobile terminal using radio frequency triangulation techniques.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 15 , wherein the location circuit is configured to provide location information corresponding to the mobile terminal using communication network location information corresponding to the mobile terminal.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein if the moveable object is not associated with the mobile terminal, a location information message is generated and sent to an associated terminal that is associated with the moveable object.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 19 , wherein the location information message comprises a map including the location information on a display of the associated terminal.

21. A system for providing location information associated with movable objects, the system comprising:

a database that is configured to associate multiple terminals and respective identification (ID) information corresponding to moveable objects;

a first terminal that is configured to receive ID information from a movable object via a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) signal and to generate location information corresponding to the location of the first terminal;

a comparison circuit that is configured to receive the ID information from the first terminal and to determine if the first terminal is associated with the moveable object; and

a means for sending both the ID information and the location information corresponding to the location of the first terminal to a second terminal,

wherein said second terminal is associated with the movable object and configured to receive the ID information and the location information corresponding to the first terminal.

22. The system of claim 21 , wherein the comparison circuit is further configured to determine whether the second terminal is associated with the moveable object.

23. The system of claim 21 , further comprising:

a means for updating the location information corresponding to the first terminal; and

a means for sending updated location information to the second terminal.