Rf energy harvesting for authentication tag of consumable container
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsRui Nuno Rodrigues Alves BATISTA, Frederic Philippe Christophe NICOLAS, Cristina FERRAZ RIGO
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Abstract
A system and method for using consumables with an electronic device is provided. The system comprises an electronic device configured to consume consumables; and a container configured to store consumables, the container comprising a tag, wherein the electronic device is configured to read an identifier from the tag, and wherein the electronic device is configured to unlock, based on the identifier, at least one function of the electronic device.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- an electronic device configured to consume consumables;
- and
- a container configured to store consumables, the container comprising a tag,
- wherein the electronic device is configured to read an identifier from the tag, and
- wherein the electronic device is configured to unlock, based on the identifier, at least one function of the electronic device,
- wherein the container comprises a radio-frequency energy harvesting, RF-EH, system to power the tag, wherein the RF-EH system comprises an antenna.
A method for using consumables with an electronic device, the method comprising:
- requesting, by an electronic device for using consumables, usage of a consumable from a container storing consumables by sending a radio frequency signal to a tag of a container;
- receiving, by the electronic device, a backscattered signal from the tag of the container, wherein the backscattered signal comprises an identifier identifying at least one of the consumable and the container;
- and
- operating the electronic device to use the consumable when the at least one of the consumable and the container is identified based on the received identifier,
- wherein the container comprises a radio-frequency energy harvesting, RF-EH, system for providing energy for the tag for backscattering the radio frequency signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.