Walmart Inc.
System and method for reconciling RFID read locations

Abstract:

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring locations of products in a facility. In some embodiments, a system comprises a plurality of RFID readers placed at predetermined locations about the facility, a plurality of RFID tags, wherein the RFID tags are associated with products, and a control circuit configured to receive, from one or more of the plurality of RFID readers, an indication of an RFID read, determine, based on the indication of the RFID read, a product associated with the RFID read and a location of the product, compare the location of the product with locations of previous reads of a same type of item as the product, determine, based upon the locations of previous reads of the same type of item as the product, if the location of the product consistent with the location of the previous reads.