EPC data manager
AssigneePrintronix, Inc.
InventorsTheodore A. Chapman, Van L. Le, Carol D. Ballesty, Andrew W. Edwards, James Harkins, John S. Hanel, Greg J. Anderson, Ming-Te Chen
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Abstract
An RFID print system includes an RFID printer and reader, a host computer that transmits a data stream containing instructions or commands to the RFID printer for encoding an RFID tag, and a data manager that receives EPC data or other data from the encoded tag. The data manager transmits the data to the host computer, which can then compare what was encoded to what was intended to be encoded. The host computer can then transmit signals to other devices in the system for appropriate action, such as when the encoded tag is defective.
Claims28
An RFID printer system, comprising:
- an RFID encoder receiving a signal and programming an RFID label based on the signal, wherein the signal contains information for programming the RFID label, wherein the RFID encoder is capable of extracts information from data streams of different programming languages;
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- a host computer coupled to the RFID encoder, wherein the host computer receives data programmed on the RFID label and sends the signal to the RFID encoder, wherein the signal is a data stream having a first programming language and comprising instructions for printing an image on an optically readable label.
A method for processing an RFID label, comprising:
- receiving, from a computer, a signal comprising RFID programming information;
- programming the RFID label using the RFID programming information;
- transmitting data from the programmed RFID label to the computer;
- determining whether an optically readable label has been properly printed on a package;
- determining whether the RFID label has been properly programmed;
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- applying the RFID label to the package if the optically readable label has been properly printed and the RFID label has been properly programmed, wherein the information for determining whether the RFID has been properly programmed is extracted from data streams of different programming languages.
A printer system, comprising:
- an RFID printer, comprising:
- an RFID antenna;
- an RFID reader;
- and
- an RFID encoder extracting information from data streams of different programming languages;
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- a host computer transmitting a signal to the RFID printer, wherein the signal includes information for the RFID printer to encode data on an RFID tag;
- and wherein the RFID printer transmits the encoded data back to the host computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.