System and method for high-volume reading and processing of nfc tags

A system for processing near field communication (NFC) tags associated with packaged products, the system comprising:

• a) a computing device configured to receive a production request comprising product data and one or more requested NFC processing operations;
• b) middleware communicatively coupled to the computing device;
• c) an NFC reader communicatively coupled to the middleware and configured to read NFC tags associated with a packaged product, the packaged product comprising a container having a container NFC tag and a plurality of items disposed within the container, each item of the plurality of items having a respective item NFC tag;
• d) wherein the middleware is configured to:
• i) receive the production request from the computing device;
• ii) receive identifiers associated with the container NFC tag and the item NFC tags from the NFC reader;
• and iii) transmit the identifiers associated with the container NFC tag and the item NFC tags to the computing device;
• and
• e) wherein the computing device is further configured to:
• i) determine whether a quantity of the item NFC tags read during a reading operation corresponds to an expected quantity of item NFC tags associated with the product data;
• ii) associate the container NFC tag with one or more of the item NFC tags;
• and iii) perform at least one NFC processing operation selected from the group consisting of:
• activating one or more NFC tags, deactivating one or more NFC tags, assigning production information to one or more NFC tags, associating one or more NFC tags with inventory information, associating one or more NFC tags with shipment information, and replacing defective NFC tags with substitute NFC tags.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computing system to perform operations for processing near field communication (NFC) tags associated with packaged products, the operations comprising:

• a) receiving a production request comprising product data and one or more requested NFC processing operations;
• b) transmitting the production request to middleware communicatively coupled to an NFC reader;
• c) causing a packaged product to be positioned adjacent the NFC reader, the packaged product comprising a container having a container NFC tag and a plurality of items disposed within the container, each item of the plurality of items having a respective item NFC tag;
• d) receiving, from the middleware, identifiers associated with the container NFC tag and the item NFC tags read by the NFC reader during a reading operation;
• e) determining whether a quantity of the item NFC tags read during the reading operation corresponds to an expected quantity of item NFC tags associated with the product data;
• f) associating the container NFC tag with one or more of the item NFC tags;
• and
• g) performing at least one NFC processing operation selected from the group consisting of activating one or more NFC tags, deactivating one or more NFC tags, assigning production information to one or more NFC tags, associating one or more NFC tags with inventory information, associating one or more NFC tags with shipment information, and replacing defective NFC tags with substitute NFC tags.