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US 2006/0139180 A1Published application
Switch status and RFID tag
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJoshua Smith, Anthony Lamarca, Matthai Philipose
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Abstract
One or more switches may be coupled to a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, so that the response of the RFID tag indicates the state of the switch(es). The RFID tag and the switch(es) may be coupled together in various ways so that the state of the switches affects the response of the RFID tag to an RFID reader.
Claims19
An apparatus, comprising:
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to transmit a response to a signal from an RFID reader;
- and
- a switch coupled to the RFID tag;
- wherein the response is dependent on a state of the switch.
1 more element
A method, comprising:
- receiving a radio frequency identification (RFID) poll;
- and
- transmitting a response based on a state of an electrical switch.
A method, comprising:
- performing an operation based on a response to a poll by a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader;
- wherein the response indicates a state of an electrical switch coupled to an RFID tag.
An article comprising
- a tangible machine-readable medium that provides instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause said computing platform to perform operations comprising:
- performing an operation based on a response to a poll by a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader;
- wherein the response indicates a state of an electrical switch coupled to an RFID tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.