US 11,328,196 B2 · Dual mode RFID tag system

Abstract

A dual-mode RFID tag and related system for storing, monitoring, and recovering data regarding an object, the system including a dual mode tag including a case, a UHF tag inside the case and structured to store at least a first portion data about the object, and an HF tag inside the case and to store at least a second portion of data about the object; the system further including a UHF reader to communicate with the UHF tag, an HF reader on a personal device to communicate with the HF tag, and a remote management system having a memory and a communication system that is communicatively coupleable to one or both of the HF reader and the UHF reader to receive a communication signal from one or both of the HF reader and the UHF tag and to store and modify data about the object in the remote management system, and to transmit data about the object to one or both of the UHF tag and the HF tag after determining the authorization of the HF reader user.

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Dependent claims

A dual mode beam powered RFID tag physically associated with a vehicle or rail car, the dual mode RFID tag structured for use with an HF reader, the Dual mode beam powered RFID tag comprising:

a case;
a UHF tag stored inside the case, the UHF tag structured to store first information about the rail car or vehicle;
and
an HF tag stored inside the case, the HF tag structured to store second information about the UHF tag data, wherein the HF tag is not communicatively coupled to the UHF tag, the HF tag is structured to store data that is encrypted to require the HF reader user to contact another database to decode that information, and only after the other database determines the authorization of the HF reader user.

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A system to enable storing, monitoring, modifying, and recovering data regarding an object, the system comprising:

a beam powered dual mode tag associated with the object to store data about the object, the dual mode tag comprising:
a case;
a UHF tag inside the case and structured to store a first portion of the data;
and
an HF tag inside the case and structured to store a second portion of the data;
a UHF reader structured to communicate with the UHF tag and recover the first portion of the data from the UHF tag;
an HF reader structured to communicate with the HF tag and recover the second portion of the data from the HF tag;
and
a remote management system having a memory and a communication system that is communicatively coupleable to the HF reader and the UHF reader to receive a communication signal from both of the HF reader and the UHF reader and to store and modify the first portion of data and the second portion of data about the object in the remote management system, the remote management system structured to determine an authorization of a user of the HF reader and to transmit the first portion and the second portion of data about the object to one or both of the UHF reader and the HF tag reader in response to determining the authorization of the HF reader user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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