US 2006/0232437 A1 · Method and system for operating a wireless device with a radio frequency identification tag

Abstract

A wireless device (108) having a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag (202) and method to operate the wireless device are disclosed. The wireless device includes a switching circuit (204) coupled to the RFID tag. After an RFID signal is received (402), a switching circuit controls a power state of the wireless device according to the RFID signal (404). After the wireless device is on, the RFID signal may direct the wireless device to send information regarding the identity of the wireless device (406), authenticate the identity of the wireless device (408), scan for available wireless communication systems (410), and send information regarding the location and power status of the wireless device (412) using one or more of the available wireless communication systems.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A wireless device comprising:

a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag;
and
a switching circuit coupled to the RFID tag, for controlling a power state of the wireless device according to an RFID signal.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/106,099Filed 14 Apr 2005

Published

19 Oct 2006

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification24 codes

H04L 63/08
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for authentication of entities
G06K 19/0723
With integrated circuit chips: the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on…
H04L 63/0492
Wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload: by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field…
H04M 1/72421
For supporting emergency services: with automatic activation of emergency service functions, e.g. upon sensing an alarm

Method and system for operating a wireless device with a radio frequency identification tag

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Method and system for operating a wireless device with a radio frequency identification tag

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