Deactivating a data tag for user privacy or tamper-evident packaging
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Dean Lindsay, Heriberto Flores Velazquez, Fung-jou Chen, Eric Francis Wagner
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Abstract
Deactivating a data tag attached to packaging for user privacy or tamper-evident reasons. A data circuit stores identification information. A plurality of antennas is coupled to the data circuit. At least one antenna of the plurality of antennas is a removable antenna capable of wireless signal transmission at a first range such that removal of the antenna substantially prevents communication of the identification information via the removed antenna and permits communication of the identification information via another antenna of the plurality of antennas at a second range relatively smaller than the first range.
Claims27
A system comprising:
- a data circuit storing identification information;
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- a plurality of antennas coupled to the data circuit, wherein the data circuit communicates the identification information via the plurality of antennas, wherein at least one antenna of the plurality of antennas is a removable antenna capable of wireless signal transmission at a first range such that removal of the at least one antenna substantially prevents communication of the identification information via the removed antenna and permits communication of the identification information via another antenna of the plurality of antennas, said another antenna being capable of wireless signal transmission at a second range, wherein the second range is relatively shorter than the first range.
A system having a container and a closure, said system comprising:
- a first data circuit attached to the container;
- a first antenna attached to the closure and connected to the first data circuit;
- a second data circuit attached to the container;
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- a second antenna attached to the container and connected to the second data circuit, wherein the first data circuit communicates a first wireless signal via the first antenna, and wherein disconnecting the first antenna from the first data circuit enables the second data circuit to communicate a second wireless signal via the second antenna.
A system comprising:
- a container;
- a radio frequency (RF) shield covering a portion of the container;
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- a data tag within the container, said data tag communicating an RF signal, said RF shield preventing communication of the RF signal by the data tag as a function of the relative positions of the data tag and the RF shield, wherein the RF signal indicates orientation of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.