# US 12,010,643 B2 · RFID broadcast authenticated activation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,643 B2 - Document ID: US12010643B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/513,328 - Filed: 2021-10-28 - Published: 2023-05-04 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-28 - Assignees: Red Hat, Inc. - Applicants: Red Hat, Inc. - Inventors: Leigh Griffin; Pierre-Yves Chibon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010643B2 ## CPC - H04W 12/47: using near field communication [NFC] or radio frequency identification [RFID] modules - H04W 60/04: using triggered events - H04W 4/06: Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 12/009: {specially adapted for networks, e.g. wireless sensor networks, ad-hoc networks, RFID networks or cloud networks} - H04W 12/06: Authentication - H04W 12/08: Access security - H04W 12/088: using filters or firewalls - H04W 12/71: Hardware identity - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A radio frequency identification (RFID) broadcast signal is received. The RFID broadcast signal includes a broadcast identification value. The broadcast identification value is compared to an assigned identification value. Responsive to the broadcast identification value matching the assigned identification value, a processing device transitions a network interface to an active state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: receiving a radio frequency identification (RFID) broadcast signal comprising a broadcast identification value; comparing the broadcast identification value to an assigned identification value; and responsive to the broadcast identification value matching the assigned identification value, transitioning, by a processing device, a network interface to an active state, wherein the RFID broadcast signal is a first RFID broadcast signal, and wherein the assigned identification value is stored into a data store responsive to receiving a command via a second RFID broadcast signal that authorizes programming the assigned identification value. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein transitioning the network interface to the active state comprises transitioning the network interface from a dormant state to the active state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the RFID broadcast signal comprises a plurality of pulses. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast identification value is encoded into the RFID broadcast signal according to a pulse interval encoding protocol. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the assigned identification value comprises a plurality of assigned identification values, and wherein comparing the broadcast identification value to the assigned identification value comprises comparing the broadcast identification value to each of the plurality of assigned identification values. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the network interface is to communicate with one or more network devices of a mesh network. ### Claim 7 A system comprising: a memory; and a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, to: receive a radio frequency identification (RFID) broadcast signal comprising a broadcast identification value; compare the broadcast identification value to an assigned identification value wherein the assigned identification value comprises a plurality of assigned identification values, and wherein to compare the broadcast identification value to the assigned identification value the processing device is to compare the broadcast identification value to each of the plurality of assigned identification values; and responsive to the broadcast identification value matching the assigned identification value, transition a network interface to an active state. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein to transition the network interface to the active state the processing device is to transition the network interface from a dormant state to the active state. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the RFID broadcast signal comprises a plurality of pulses. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the broadcast identification value is encoded into the RFID broadcast signal according to a pulse interval encoding protocol. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the RFID broadcast signal is a first RFID broadcast signal, and wherein the processing device is further to store the assigned identification value into a data store responsive to receiving a command via a second RFID broadcast signal that authorizes programming the assigned identification value. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the network interface is to communicate with one or more network devices of a mesh network. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to: receive a radio frequency identification (RFID) broadcast signal comprising a broadcast identification value; compare the broadcast identification value to an assigned identification value; and responsive to the broadcast identification value matching the assigned identification value, transition, by the processing device, a network interface to an active state, wherein the RFID broadcast signal is a first RFID broadcast signal, and wherein the processing device is further to store the assigned identification value into a data store responsive to receiving a command via a second RFID broadcast signal that authorizes programming the assigned identification value. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein to transition the network interface to the active state the processing device is to transition the network interface from a dormant state to the active state. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the RFID broadcast signal comprises a plurality of pulses. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the broadcast identification value is encoded into the RFID broadcast signal according to a pulse interval encoding protocol. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the assigned identification value comprises a plurality of assigned identification values, and wherein to compare the broadcast identification value to the assigned identification value the processing device is to compare the broadcast identification value to each of the plurality of assigned identification values.