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AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsJeffrey R. Kaufman, Julian Durand, Daniel Obodovski, Michael E. Akiki
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Methods and apparatus relating to a radio frequency identification device (RFID) with wide-area connectivity are provided. In an example, a real-time location (RTL) monitoring device is provided. The RTL monitoring device includes a first radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag and an RFID interrogator configured to interrogate the first RFID tag and a second RFID tag. A long-range wireless transceiver is coupled to the RFID interrogator, and configured to communicate RFID data. The first RFID tag, the RFID interrogator, and the long-range wireless transceiver can be collocated in an enclosure separate from the second RFID tag. The RTL monitoring device is configured to aggregate a plurality of responses from the first and second RFID tags, and to communicate the aggregated RFID data with a second device, such as a satellite, a base station, and/or an eNodeB device.
An apparatus for real-time location monitoring, comprising:
A method for reading data from a plurality of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags via a long-range wireless transmitter that is coupled to an RFID interrogator, comprising:
An apparatus for reading data from a plurality of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute a method comprising:
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