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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7880590 | Method and apparatus for localization of configurable devices A localization method for setting the locale of a configurable device is presented. The first portion of the localization transmits localization selections for a target locale to a configurable device. Localization selections are initially set on an interrogator dev... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7868739 | Method and system for improving function of reading information from RFID tag A system and method for improving a function of reading information from a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The system includes RFID tags installed on a variety of objects, each RFID tag storing information of its associated object and upon detection of a ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7852198 | RF tag Various embodiments and methods relating to a radio frequency (RF) tag storing custom settings of an electronic device are disclosed. ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7825776 | Device configuration with RFID Various embodiments of the invention may use a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag with a writable non-volatile storage element to receive and store configuration parameters for a device connected to the RFID tag, even if the device itself is powered off. Upon... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7786846 | Communication station for inventorizing transponders by means of selectable memory areas of the transponders A communication station (1) and a transponder (2) are designed in such a way that an inventorizing operation can be performed using various memory areas (36, 37, 38, 39, 40), which are provided in an addressable memory (35) of the transpo... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7772964 | Systems and methods for automated programming of RFID tags using machine readable indicia Methods and systems for automatically programming an RFID tag using machine readable indicia. A dual mode device performs a bar code scan of a bar coded label. Information obtained from the bar code scan is stored. This information may be used to query a database in... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7746217 | Reading from and writing to memory tags The reading of data from a memory tag to another device, using a memory tag reader, is described. The other device has an active portion which can detect the presence and position of the memory tag reader when brought adjacent to it. The memory tag reader is brought... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7710242 | Information access system and active-type contactless information storage device A contactless information storage device for use in an information access system includes a receiver unit and a transmitter unit. The receiver unit is operable to sense a carrier at a first frequency in a slave mode and be continuously ready to receive an RF signal ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7646284 | Systems and apparatus for writing data to multiple RF tags contained on print media Print media (28) having a plurality of radio frequency data storage devices (88) passes through a print media pathway (110) of a printer assembly (14). The devices (88) can be programmed using groups (142, 144) of antennas w... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7583180 | Semiconductor device for passive RFID, IC tag, and control method thereof A semiconductor according to an embodiment of the invention has a supply voltage generator circuit generating a supply voltage based on a received radio signal, a voltage detector circuit detecting a reference voltage dependent on the supply voltage, a memory circui... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7504929 | Method and system for updating RFID tag value of transferred object A system for updating a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag value of a transferred object is contemplated. The RFID tag is updated by having a transferor's RFID reader read an RFID tag attached to an object being transferred and extracting a first RFID tag val... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7482908 | Radio-frequency-device personalization Radio-frequency devices that have internal radio-frequency chips are personalized. A radio-frequency device is inserted into a package. An identifier is read electromagnetically from the radio-frequency chip with a radio-frequency transceiver while the radio-frequen... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7479870 | Method and apparatus for programming a transponder A radio frequency identification transponder apparatus includes a transceiver. A control logic device is coupled to the transceiver. A transponder programming device is coupled to the control logic device and operable to store information, whereby the information st... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7436302 | Low cost RFID labeling device A system for dispensing, reading and verifying RFID tags. The system includes a label dispenser that dispenses labels that contain RFID tags from a bulk label storage device, an RFID Reader/Writer device that is operatively connected to the label dispenser. The RFID... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436286 | Circuit arrangement and method for increasing the functional range of a transponder A transponder receives its operating energy from an external source such as a radio signal or a battery. Such transponders are used for example in a vehicle or in a remote sensor. The response range of the transponder is increased by converting the received energy i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429926 | Radio frequency identification (RFID) and programmable logic device (PLD) integration and applications A Programmable Logic Device (PLD), such as a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), is provided with components of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag and circuitry to enhance operation. The RFID antenna and circuitry is provided in either directly in layers ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427912 | Method and system for storage and recovery of vital information on radio frequency transponders The present invention assures the integrity of state information retained by a Radio Frequency Transponder during a loss of power. During the regular operation of the Transponder power is provided to a voltage-storing device powering an information retention mechani... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423517 | Transponder with a controllable power-on-reset circuit In a transponder (1) and an integrated circuit (5), the integrated circuit (6) has a monitoring circuit (23) to which a d.c. supply voltage (VS) can be fed and by which a signalizing signal (POK) whose waveform is dependent on the relatio... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423518 | Reader/writer An reader/writer performing a two-way communication with a contactless tag through electromagnetic induction and supplying electric power to the contactless tag, includes: an antenna circuit having an antenna coil for electromagnetically coupling with an antenna coi... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420466 | Rich object model for diverse Auto-ID tags A system and method allowing one application to implement diverse AutoID tags interchangeably, by unifying all AutoID technologies into a single object model. The single object model interacts with all AutoID technologies, with only a lowest level device tailored to... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414517 | Radio frequency identification transponder A radio frequency identification transponder includes a power supply and a dynamic memory array that stores data. When power from the power supply ceases, the data in the dynamic memory array is validly maintained for a predetermined period of time. The dynamic memo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411502 | Radio frequency identification tag based tray and tray receiving method and apparatus A tray (201) comprises electrically conductive material and has at least one hand-graspable fixture (203). This hand-graspable fixture comprises an electrical conductor (301) disposed in a location that is likely to be operably interacted with b... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411503 | System and method for disabling data on radio frequency identification tags The disclosed embodiments of the present invention are used to permanently disable or destruct an RFID so that it is no longer possible to read some or all of the data encoded on the RFID tag. In one method for disabling data on a radio frequency identification (RFI... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411482 | Wireless tag reader and writer A wireless tag reader and writer includes: a plurality of read and write boxes each having an opening at one end, through which an article with a wireless tag is accommodated, and a read antenna and a write antenna on parts of the side wall at the end opposite to th... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403743 | System and method to unlock hidden multimedia content A consumer electronics device comprises an interrogator and a tag is associated with an accessory for the wireless communications device. The tag stores an identifier that identifies hidden multimedia content stored in memory of the wireless communications device. W... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398932 | Methods and apparatus for providing a radio frequency identification system Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems and methods are described herein that may allow RFID reader devices to automatically initiate an autonomous reader script in order to excute reader operations independent of a host computer and/or RFID tags. The initiali... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398926 | Apparatus and method for programming an RFID transponder using a constrained field An RFID transponder programming device uses a strip transmission line to generate a constrained electromagnetic field for programming RFID transponders is featured. The programmer minimizes electromagnetic fields outside of the programming device, and keeps other bl... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400252 | Wireless monitoring of component compatibility in an electronics system An electronics system comprises a frame including a first wireless communicator and at least one component associated with the electronics system. The at least one component includes a second wireless communicator. A manager of the electronics system is in wired com... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394370 | Apparatus and method of acquiring and storing data of close contacts A method of recording close contacts for disease control, the method including the steps of using a device to transmit identity and date/time of contact details to a similar device for each close contact. Identity details of the similar device are received and store... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388468 | Method and system to backscatter modulate a radio-frequency signal from an RFID tag in accordance with both an oscillation frequency signal and a command signal According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method to backscatter modulate a first radio-frequency (RF) signal from a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag. An oscillator calibration value is retrieved from a non-volatile memory associa... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388488 | Method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags This invention relates generally to a method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags that are associated in some manner to any type of object. More particularly, the present invention writes data to these tags, reads data from these tags, and ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7378966 | RFID device groups The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates configuring at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) device. An RFID network can include at least one device associated with a device group, wherein the device group corresponds ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378965 | Merchandise marking with programmable transponders Methods and systems for programming programmable transponders are disclosed. An apparatus for programming programmable transponders can include a label supply for supplying labels, a programing zone into which the labels are conveyed, a feed-system for transporting ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7366806 | Method and apparatus for RFID tag wherein memory of RFID tag is partitioned into two sections for reading using wireless interface and writing using bus Methods and apparatus for correlating physical and logical attributes of devices include associating logical-tags (L-tags) and physical-tags (P-tags) with electronic devices. A P-tag includes a P-tag identifier, which can be read by a P-tag reading device, regardles... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366570 | Method and a system for using implanted medical device data for accessing therapies A method and system facilitates the access by a patient of implanted medical device related data for patient participation in their own clinical care and therapy. In an example embodiment, the method includes establishing a communications link between an implanted m... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362625 | Interface configuration by a memory tag A memory tag is powered by and addressable via a radio frequency wireless link to read data from a memory. The memory tag is addressable by a reader. The memory holds data and interface configuration information relating to the operation of an interface device. This... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360689 | Method and system for proffering multiple biometrics for use with a FOB The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using multiple biometrics in a transponder-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric samples and a device for verifying biometric s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357299 | Method and apparatus for synchronization of proximate RFID readers in a gaming environment The present invention provides a system and method for an improved player tracking in a gaming environment. Certain embodiments include a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers for detecting a response signal from an RFID tag, an RFID tag generat... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358857 | Global positioning systems applications A global positioning system includes a fixed base unit of known position and at least one mobile unit, the base unit and the mobile unit each including a GPS receiver. This system further includes means for comparing the simultaneous GPS identified positions of the ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355516 | Method and apparatus for protecting culinary products A microwave-resistant and waterproof security tag for use with food products, especially meat products. The security tag includes a pair of single, open loop conductive traces in between which is disposed a similarly-shaped dielectric layer. This combination is enca... | 04/08/2008 |
