Abstract: A method of tracking is described. The method may include receiving, from a location device, a location request for an object and identifying a signal from a transponder associated with the object, wherein the transponder comprises at least one or more types of locating technology or sensing technology. The method may also include determining, by a processing device, at least one of the location of the object or information associated with the object based on the identified signal.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for item location management are described.

Abstract: A method of tracking is described. The method may include receiving, from a location device, a location request for an object and identifying a signal from a transponder associated with the object, wherein the transponder comprises at least one or more types of locating technology or sensing technology. The method may also include determining, by a processing device, at least one of the location of the object or information associated with the object based on the identified signal.

Abstract: A method of tracking is described. The method may include determining that an identification signal transmitted by a transponder is an unregistered identification signal and extracting, by a processing device, properties of an item associated with the unregistered identification signal. The method may also include transmitting, to a database, the extracted properties of the item associated with the unregistered identification signal transmitted by the transponder.

Abstract: A method of inventory tracking and management is described. The method may include receiving a location request for an item and determining, using three or more base stations, the location of the item. The method may also include generating, by a processing device, a map of the item's location and item information and sending the map to a user, and sending the location request to the item, where the location request causes the item or the item's container to indicate its presence.

Abstract: A method of inventory tracking and management is described. The method may include receiving a location request for an item and determining, using three or more base stations, the location of the item. The method may also include generating, by a processing device, a map of the item's location and item information and sending the map to a user, and sending the location request to the item, where the location request causes the item or the item's container to indicate its presence.

Abstract: A system and method for enabling multithreading in a embedded processor, invoking zero-time context switching in a multithreading environment, scheduling multiple threads to permit numerous hard-real time and non-real time priority levels, fetching data and instructions from multiple memory blocks in a multithreading environment, and enabling a particular thread to modify the multiple states of the multiple threads in the processor core.

Abstract: System and method for detecting an unauthorized movement of a communications or meter device, such as a meter that monitors and communicates a measure of use of energy or some other metered quantity (electrical, gas, water, etc.), to prevent meter tampering or removal. A bolt, screw, nail or other attachment mechanism, used to attach the device to a selected stationary or movable object, is provided with a permanent magnet having a selected magnetic field direction that can be transverse to, a selected attachment mechanism direction (e.g., transverse to a bolt shaft direction). A field-activated magnetic switch, such as a reed switch or a Hall effect switch, having a selected switch direction is located near the permanent magnet.

Abstract: A system and method for enabling multithreading in a embedded processor, invoking zero-time context switching in a multithreading environment, scheduling multiple threads to permit numerous hard-real time and non-real time priority levels, fetching data and instructions from multiple memory blocks in a multithreading environment, and enabling a particular thread to modify the multiple states of the multiple threads in the processor core.