Patents
US 8604912 B2: System and method of tracking salvaged vehicles and parts using RFID tags
- Granted
- 2013-12-10
- Filed
- 2009-06-18 application 12487397
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A system and method of tracking salvaged vehicles using RFID tags is disclosed. The method includes creating a record of a vehicle, where the record includes information associated with the vehicle. The method further includes assigning an RFID tag to the record associated with the vehicle, attaching the RFID tag to the vehicle, detecting the RFID tag using a first interrogator, and determining a new geographic location of the first interrogator contemporaneously with detecting the RFID tag. In addition, the method may include recording video of the vehicle, where the video includes a video record of each time when the vehicle is moved. The method includes assigning the new geographic location of the RFID tag when the RFID tag is no longer detected by the first interrogator and updating the record with the new geographic location of the RFID tag and the vehicle.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg131210.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLI SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 patents | US company or organization | Fort Wayne, IN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Howard | Hartford City, IN | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q10/087 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F16/29 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-23 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HOWARD, BARRY signed 2013-10-04 | ALLI-SOLUTIONS, INC. FAIRMOUNT, IN | 31476/193 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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