Software-Based RFID Tag Emulator

A method for implementing a software-based (SB) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, the method comprising:

• triggering, by an RFID reader or the SB RFID tag, use of a handshake protocol;
• in response to the triggering, receiving, by the SB RFID tag and the RFID reader from a handshake coordination service executing on a server, the handshake protocol;
• completing the handshake protocol between the SB RFID tag and the RFID reader;
• and
• sending, by the SB RFID tag, an RFID identity to the RFID reader only after completing the handshake protocol.

A method for implementing a software-based (SB) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, the method comprising:

• storing first RFID identity data and second RFID identity data in a non-transitory memory of the SB RFID tag such that the SB RFID tag is configured with both the first RFID identity information and the second RFID identity information;
• receiving via an antenna coupled to the SB RFID tag an RFID interrogation signal from an RFID reader;
• performing authentication of the SB RFID tag and the RFID reader;
• response to the receiving the RFID interrogation signal and the authentication:
• 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 or 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 or the second RFID identity data to the RFID reader via an antenna coupled to the SB RFID tag.