Software-based RFID tag emulator
AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC
InventorsRobert Keith Butler, Lyle W. Paczkowski
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Abstract
A method for implementing a software-based (SB) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is disclosed. The method comprises storing first RFID identity data in a memory of the SB RFID tag, storing second RFID identity data in the memory of the SB RFID tag; and receiving via an antenna coupled to the SB RFID tag an RFID interrogation signal from an RFID reader and, in response determining by a processor of the SB RFID tag a status of an RFID identity selection criterion, selecting one of the first RFID identity data and the second RFID identity data, based on the status of the RFID identity selection criterion; and sending the selected one of the first RFID identity data and the second RFID identity data to the RFID reader via an antenna coupled to the SB RFID tag.
Claims13
A method for implementing a software-based (SB) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, the method comprising:
- storing first RFID identity data in a non-transitory memory of the SB RFID tag;
- storing second RFID identity data in the non-transitory memory of the SB RFID tag;
- and
- receiving via an antenna coupled to the SB RFID tag an RFID interrogation signal from an RFID reader and, in response:
- determining by a processor of the SB RFID tag a status of an RFID identity selection criterion;
- selecting one of the first RFID identity data and the second RFID identity data, based on the status of the RFID identity selection criterion;
- and
- sending the selected one of the first RFID identity data and the second RFID identity data to the RFID reader via an antenna coupled to the SB RFID tag.
A device configured to provide a wireless connectivity function and a software-based (SB) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag function, the device comprising:
- an antenna;
- a user interface;
- a memory, comprising a non-transitory memory;
- a processor coupled to the non-transitory memory, the user interface, and the antenna;
- a wireless connectivity function stored in the non-transitory memory that, when executed by the processor:
- receives an input signal from the user interface;
- sends first information wirelessly to a first external device via the antenna, the first information related to the input signal;
- receives second information wirelessly from the first external device via the antenna;
- and
- sends a display signal to the user interface, the display signal related to the second information;
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- a SB RFID tag application stored in the non-transitory memory that, when executed by the processor:
- receives an RFID interrogation signal from an RFID reader via the antenna;
- in response to the RFID interrogation signal, sends RFID identity data stored in the non-transitory memory to the RFID reader via the antenna;
- receives third information relating to the RFID identity data from the user interface;
- generates modified RFID identity data based on the third information;
- and
- stores the modified RFID identity data in the non-transitory memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.