PERSONAL POSSESSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING SHORT RANGE IP BASED PERSONAL AREA NETWORK, AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PERSONAL POSSESSION

摘要

In some embodiments, a personal possession management system using a shor t range Internet Protocol (IP) based Personal Area Network (PAN) comprises a master device MD to be worn or held by a user, and an IP based RFID electro nic tag ET to be attached to or contained within a personal possession desir ed to be managed. The electronic tag ET has communicability with the master device. The master device MD is configured to allot an IP address to the ele ctronic tag ET in a registration mode using IEEE 802.11 protocols and sends probes to the electronic tag ET. The electronic tag ET is configured to rece ive messages from the master device MD and respond accordingly. The master d evice MD alerts a user when the communicability between the master device MD and the electronic tag ET is disrupted in a monitoring mode.