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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7916001 | Methods for interrogating objects to be identified over a communications medium Systems and methods for efficiently querying and identifying multiple items on a communication channel are disclosed. The invention is well suited to use with radio frequency identification with interrogation devices and systems that identify radio frequency identif... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7429912 | Method for multi-reading a plurality of IDs A interrogator 1 specifies the maximum read range (S0, e0) in which IDs to be read may exist (Step S1), and the interrogator 1 transmits a read request command to transponders 2 (Step S2. When there is/are a r... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7388464 | Location system and communication A location system comprises a plurality of transponders whose locations are detectable by a base system. The base system interrogates (51-55) the transponders one at a time in accordance with a schedule of consecutive time slots. In response to a prior... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7366466 | Wireless communication device interconnectivity A wireless communication device that is attached or included in an electronic object, such as a portable computer, having its own separate communication system. The separate communication system has an antenna for receiving and transmitting wireless communications, ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366681 | System, method, and computer program for managing storage distribution of money tills An automated management system for monitoring and controlling distribution and storage of money tills, and linking tracking of employee productivity to time in receipt of a till. The system comprises a cabinet, a control panel, and a personal computer. The cabinet i... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7363255 | Apparatus unit replacement assisting method and system By providing an apparatus unit replacement assisting method, in which, upon receipt of a request from a first user to replace a first unit comprising part of an apparatus with a second unit, the second unit is offered to the first user at a price after the deduction... | 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 |
| 7348887 | RFIDs embedded into semiconductors The present invention provides a RFID device comprising a radio frequency identification (RFID) transceiver and antenna element co-located with a semiconductor device, a method for making same and a method of using the RFID device of the present invention to locate,... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341181 | Method for biometric security using a smartcard The present invention discloses a method for facilitating biometric security in a smartcard-reader transaction system by proffering a biometric. The biometric may be proffered to a biometric sensor communicating with the smartcard-reader system. Proffering the biome... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334735 | Card for interaction with a computer A smart card comprising: a memory for storing information; at least one transmitting or receiving antenna; and a low frequency circuit, for handling information associated with said antenna and said memory, which information is modulated at a modulation frequency of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336163 | Transponder startup control method and interrogator for tire pressure monitoring system A passive transponder is started up by receiving an interrogation signal and returning a requested response signal. The startup is controlled by an interrogator using a startup control method by judging presence or absence of a return of the response signal while mo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327671 | Method and system for controlling communication network and router used in the network The present invention provides a communication network comprising a host network, a plurality of base stations, at least a mobile host capable of establishing links to the base stations, and a hierarchy-network of plural routers which are improved in transferring pe... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327216 | Secret key programming technique for transponders using encryption A secret key is programmed into a key transponder from a base station wherein the key transponder stores a fixed ID, a first default key segment stored in a first memory page, and a second default key segment stored in a second memory page. The secret key comprises ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325724 | Method for registering a biometric for use with a smartcard The present invention discloses a method for registering biometric information for use in a smartcard-reader system. The method comprises the steps of contacting an authorized sample receiver and submitting a biometric to a sensor to facilitates the sensor in obtain... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324168 | Universal remote control unit A universal remote control unit for controlling the operation of a plurality of devices such as a cable box, a television, a video device, and an audio device, includes a processor having a plurality of operating modes. In one embodiment the universal remote control... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321296 | Electronic locating systems Methods and apparatus are disclosed for location of objects to facilitate retrieval, filing, security, inventory stock-keeping and the like. The methods and apparatus employ a tag element associated with each object-to-be-located, and interrogation system for search... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318550 | Biometric safeguard method for use with a smartcard A method for facilitating biometric security in a smartcard-reader transaction system is provided. The method includes determining if a transaction violates an established rule, such as a preset spending limit. The method also includes notifying a user to proffer a ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317379 | Antenna switching equipment Antenna switching equipment switches antennas for a reader/writer. A power generation unit generates electric power from an RF signal outputted from the reader/writer. A switching signal generation unit, operating on electric power generated by the power generation ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314165 | Method and system for smellprint recognition biometrics on a smartcard The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using smellprint recognition biometrics in a smartcard-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a smellprint sensor that detects biometric samples and a device for verifyin... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312692 | Method for selecting one or several transponders In a method for selecting, by a base station, one or more transponders out of a plurality of transponders, selection steps are performed at least at two selection levels or stages. The base station controls all selection steps at the first and second level. The firs... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303120 | System for biometric security using a FOB The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using 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 samples. I... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293705 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295120 | Device for verifying a location of a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag on an item A device for verifying a location of a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag on an item. One embodiment of the invention provides a device for verifying the location of an RFID tag on an item including: an item holder; and an RF antenna attached to the item hold... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295101 | User interface systems A user interface system for allowing users to initiate events comprises: a plurality of markers each having a marker identity; a plurality of portable readers each having a reader identity and arranged to read said marker identities from adjacent markers, and at lea... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286043 | System and method for inventorying multiple remote objects A system and method of inventorying multiple objects utilizing a multi-level or a chained radio frequency identification system. The system includes a master tag and a plurality of upper level tags and lower level tags associated with respective objects. The upper a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283088 | Pulse transmitters having multiple outputs in phase relationship and methods of operation A transmitter provides a plurality of output signals. The transmitter includes a processor, a modulator, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The modulator provides a modulated signal responsive to the processor. The modulated signal includes an amplitude modulate... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281103 | Microcomputer with a security function for accessing a program storage memory A microcomputer comprises: a memory which stores a predetermined program; a CPU which reads the program stored in the memory based on a predetermined instruction to perform a predetermined calculation; and a read controller which controls reading of the program from... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7268684 | Workstation RFID reader for surgical instruments and surgical instrument trays and methods of using same A radio frequency identification (RFID) workstation reader for RFID-enabled surgical instruments and surgical instrument trays and a method of using a RFID workstation reader to read RFID-enabled surgical instruments and surgical instrument trays. The method, appara... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263501 | Point-of-care inventory management system and method A system and method are disclosed for controlling an inventory of a plurality of point-of-care diagnostic devices. The plurality of devices includes at least one type of device. Each device is configured to perform at least one sample analysis. Each device has a usa... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260553 | Context-aware and real-time tracking Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for context-aware and real-time tracking of articles. In one aspect, a method includes: receiving multiple instances of tag-read-data, each instance including information read automatically from a tag bound... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254694 | Processors interconnect fabric with relay broadcasting and accumulation of partial responses A data processing system includes a plurality of processing units each having a respective point-to-point communication link with each of multiple others of the plurality of processing units but fewer than all of the plurality of processing units. Each of the plural... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253717 | Method and system for communicating with and tracking RFID transponders An RFID system and method for communicating between a host computer, one or more interrogators connected to the host computer, and a large body of transponders distributed within an area covered by the interrogators. Each transponder originally has a common identifi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251622 | System and method for searching for information on inventory with virtual warehouses A system and method for searching for inventory information using a computerized virtual warehouse. The system includes a plurality of operation terminals (62) located in various warehouses (6) for inputting information on inventory received in and sen... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243855 | Contactless identification tag, data communication system and contactless identification tag control program A data communication system includes a host device, a reader/writer device and a plurality of contactless identification tags. The contactless identification tag includes a data reception section, a data transmission section, a data control section, a data storage s... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7224712 | Interrogator and tag of wireless communication system In a wireless communication system including at least one Interrogator and a plurality of Tags, the Interrogator transmits a main carrier signal, and each Tag transmits a reflected signal to the Interrogator in response to reception of the main carrier signal. The T... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221259 | Electronic label interrogation through incidental electromagnetic radiation A system for electromagnetically interrogating electronically coded labels is provided. The system includes at least one electromagnetically interrogatable electronic coded label, an interrogator containing a generator of electromagnetic interrogation signals and a ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204410 | Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system, and medium A structure of a system using an IC card is simplified. A controller and active antennas are connected to each other through a bus. The controller transmits a command outputted from a host computer and including an ID for discriminating the active antennas to all th... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195173 | Optimization of a binary tree traversal with secure communications Methods and systems for the negotiation of a population of RFID tags with improved security is provided. In one aspect, a binary traversal is performed to singulate tags without using information that directly identifies the tags in the tag population. A key is gene... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187287 | Systems and methods for zone security Disclosed are systems and methods for utilizing a plurality of RFID readers as proximity sensors to detect one or more RFID tagged assets. In one embodiment, an array of RFID readers provides a coverage area and polls one or more tagged assets at a predetermined int... | 03/06/2007 |
