Combination biometric and/or magnetic sensing functionalities and/or GPS with radio frequency transponder functionality on an intelligent label

A method of making an intelligent label, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a substrate comprising a pressure sensitive face stock and a release liner;
• delaminating said substrate by peeling off said release liner to expose an adhesive on said pressure sensitive face stock;
• obtaining a continuous web comprising radio frequency transponders coupled to fingerprint sensor systems;
• cutting said web to produce web cuttings, each web cutting comprising at least one radio frequency transponder coupled to at least one fingerprint sensor system;
• transferring a web cutting to the adhesive exposed on said pressure sensitive face stock of said substrate;
• and
• relaminating said release liner onto said pressure sensitive face stock to cover said web cutting in the area around at least a portion of the fingerprint sensor system.

A method of making an intelligent label, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a substrate comprising a pressure sensitive face stock and a release liner;
• delaminating said substrate by peeling off said release liner to expose said pressure sensitive face stock;
• pattern coating said pressure sensitive face stock with a hot melt adhesive;
• obtaining a continuous web comprising radio frequency transponders coupled to fingerprint sensor systems;
• cutting said web to produce web cuttings, each web cutting comprising at least one radio frequency transponder coupled to at least one fingerprint sensor system;
• transferring a web cutting to said pressure sensitive face stock of said substrate;
• and
• relaminating said release liner onto said pressure sensitive face stock to cover said web cutting in the area around at least a portion of the fingerprint sensor system.

A method of making an intelligent label, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a non-pressure sensitive substrate;
• obtaining a laminate;
• pattern coating said non-pressure sensitive substrate with an adhesive;
• obtaining a continuous web comprising radio frequency transponders coupled to fingerprint sensor systems;
• cutting said web to produce web cuttings, each web cutting comprising at least one radio frequency transponder coupled to at least one fingerprint sensor system;
• transferring a web cutting to one of said laminate and said non-pressure sensitive substrate;
• and
• pressing said non-pressure sensitive substrate onto said laminate to cover said web cutting in the area around at least a portion of the fingerprint sensor system.

The method of verifying access to an object, comprising:

• obtaining an intelligent label comprising a radio frequency transponder coupled to a fingerprint sensor system, said radio frequency transponder and said fingerprint sensor system being attached to a substrate;
• attaching or inserting said intelligent label to the object;
• and
• reading the fingerprint of a person accessing the object.

The method of tracking or identifying an object, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining an intelligent label comprising a radio frequency transponder coupled to a fingerprint sensor system and a global positioning system, said radio frequency transponder, said fingerprint sensor system and said global positioning system being attached to a substrate;
• attaching or inserting said intelligent label to the object to be tracked or identified;
• tracking or identifying said object to be tracked or identified;
• reading a fingerprint of a recipient with the fingerprint sensor system;
• and
• recording information about the recipient's fingerprint or verifying the identity of the recipient based on the fingerprint of the recipient.

The method of verifying access to an object, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining an intelligent label comprising a radio frequency transponder coupled to a fingerprint sensor system, said radio frequency transponder and said fingerprint sensor system being attached to a substrate;
• attaching or inserting said intelligent label to the object to which access is to be verified;
• and
• verifying access to said object.

A method of tracking the location of a person, comprising:

• providing an intelligent card comprising a radio frequency transponder coupled to a fingerprint sensor system and a global positioning system, said radio frequency transponder, said fingerprint sensor system and said global positioning system being attached to a substrate;
• periodically measuring at least one of his or her fingerprints read by said fingerprint sensor system;
• receiving signals from an appropriate number of GPS satellites in close temporal proximity to the reading of said fingerprint;
• processing said received signals into location data;
• associating said fingerprint information with said location data;
• and
• transmitting or downloading said fingerprint information and said location data to a receiver.

A method of making an intelligent label, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a substrate comprising a pressure sensitive face stock and a release liner;
• delaminating said substrate by peeling off said release liner to expose an adhesive on said pressure sensitive face stock;
• obtaining a continuous web comprising radio frequency transponders coupled to magnetic field sensing systems;
• cutting said web to produce web cuttings, wherein each web cutting comprises at least one radio frequency transponder coupled to at least one magnetic field sensing system;
• transferring a web cutting to the adhesive exposed on said pressure sensitive face stock of said substrate;
• and
• relaminating said release liner onto said pressure sensitive face stock to cover said web cutting.

A method of making an intelligent label, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a substrate comprising a pressure sensitive face stock and a release liner;
• delaminating said substrate by peeling off said release liner to expose said pressure sensitive face stock;
• pattern coating said pressure sensitive face stock with a hot melt adhesive;
• obtaining a continuous web comprising radio frequency transponders coupled to magnetic field sensing systems;
• cutting said web to produce web cuttings, each web cutting comprising at least one radio frequency transponder coupled to at least one magnetic field sensing systems;
• transferring a web cutting to said pressure sensitive face stock of said substrate;
• and
• relaminating said release liner onto said pressure sensitive face stock to cover said web cutting.

A method of making an intelligent label, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a non-pressure sensitive substrate;
• obtaining a laminate;
• pattern coating said non-pressure sensitive substrate with an adhesive;
• obtaining a continuous web comprising radio frequency transponders coupled to magnetic field sensing systems;
• cutting said web to produce web cuttings, each web cutting comprising at least one radio frequency transponder coupled to at least one magnetic field sensing systems;
• transferring a web cutting to one of said laminate and said non-pressure sensitive substrate;
• and
• pressing said non-pressure sensitive substrate onto said laminate to cover said web cutting.

The method of tracking or identifying an object, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining an intelligent label comprising a radio frequency transponder coupled to a magnetic field sensing system, said radio frequency transponder and said magnetic field sensing system being attached to a substrate;
• attaching or inserting said intelligent label to the object to be tracked or identified;
• and
• tracking or identifying said object to be tracked or identified.

The method of tracking and identifying an object, comprising the steps of:

• providing an intelligent label comprising a radio frequency transponder coupled to a magnetic field sensing system, said radio frequency transponder and said magnetic field sensing system being attached to a substrate;
• attaching or inserting said intelligent label to the object to be tracked or identified;
• and
• tracking and identifying said object to be tracked and identified.

The method of tracking or identifying an object, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining an intelligent label comprising a radio frequency transponder coupled to a global positioning system, said radio frequency transponder and said global positioning system being attached to a substrate;
• attaching or inserting said intelligent label to the object to be tracked or identified;
• and
• tracking or identifying said object to be tracked or identified.

The method of tracking and identifying an object, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining an intelligent label comprising a radio frequency transponder coupled to a global positioning system, said radio frequency transponder and said global positioning system being attached to a substrate;
• attaching or inserting said intelligent label to the object to be tracked or identified;
• and
• tracking and identifying said object to be tracked and identified.

A method of making an intelligent label, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a non-pressure sensitive substrate;
• obtaining a laminate;
• pattern coating said non-pressure sensitive substrate with an adhesive;
• obtaining a continuous web comprising radio frequency transponders coupled to global positioning systems;
• cutting said web to produce web cuttings, each web cutting comprising at least one radio frequency transponder coupled to at least one global positioning system;
• transferring a web cutting to one of said laminate and said non-pressure sensitive substrate;
• and
• pressing said non-pressure sensitive substrate onto said laminate to cover said web cutting.