System and Method of Controlling Unique Identities of Ambient Electromagnetic Power Harvesting Chips

A method, comprising:

• allocating a unique identity for an ambient electromagnetic power harvesting (AEPH) chip by an AEPH management application executing on a computer system, wherein the unique identity comprises an identity of an item;
• storing the unique identity by the AEPH management application in a first record in a datastore, wherein the unique identity is associated with an initial state;
• providing the unique identity by the AEPH management application to an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the AEPH chip;
• receiving a request by the AEPH management application to update a state associated in the datastore with the unique identity identified in the request;
• authorizing by the AEPH management application the request to update the state associated with the unique identity in the datastore;
• and
• adding a second record to the database that associates the unique identity with an updated state of the unique identity.

A method, comprising:

• allocating a unique identity for an ambient electromagnetic power harvesting (AEPH) chip by an AEPH management application executing on a computer system, wherein the unique identity comprises an identity of an item;
• storing the unique identity by the AEPH management application in a record in a datastore, wherein the unique identity is associated with an initial state;
• providing the unique identity by the AEPH management application to an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the AEPH chip;
• receiving a request by the AEPH management application to update a state associated in the datastore with the unique identity to a different state;
• analyzing a history of states associated in the datastore with the unique identity by the AEPH management application to determine that the different state is an invalid state change based on the history of states associated in the datastore with the unique identity;
• and
• rejecting by the AEPH management application the request to update the state associated in the datastore with the unique AEPH identity to the different state.