Direct to package printing system with RFID write/read capability
AssigneeMoore North America, Inc.
InventorDominick L. Monico
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Abstract
A passive RFID tag is provided in a product, and then the product is packaged. Rather than printing a high-quality label that must be optically scanned, and applying the label on the package, shipping and tracking data are encoded in the RFID tag. Then the only thing that needs to be applied to the package is human readable address information, which may be imaged directly on the package, such as by an ink jet printer. The final package need have no label at all, let alone one with shipping and tracking information.
Claims20
A method of handling a product, comprising:
- (a) installing an RFID tag within the product;
- (b) providing the product with RFID tag in a package;
- (c) imaging human-readable address information directly on the package;
- and
- (d) encoding the RFID tag with at least one of shipping and tracking data,
- wherein said imaging step and said encoding step are practiced substantially simultaneously.
A packaged product, comprising:
- a product having an RFID tag embedded there within and encoded with at least one of shipping and tracking data;
- a package packaging said product and having an external surface;
- and
- human readable address or tracking indicia visible from said external surface.
A method of packing a product having an RFID tag therein, comprising:
- (a) providing the product with an RFID tag there within, in a package;
- (b) imaging a human readable address so that it is visible from the exterior of the package;
- and
- (c) encoding the RFID tag with at least one of shipping and tracking data,
- wherein said imaging step and said encoding step are practiced substantially simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.