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US 7,479,881 B2Granted
System and method for RFID tag hole puncher
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPaul A. Moskowitz, Clifford A. Pickover
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Abstract
A system including an RFID tag reader and a hole punch apparatus to punch a hole in an RFID tag. The hole punch punches a hole in the RFID tag to affect the functioning of said RFID tag. The system may also interrogate the RFID tag before and after the hole punching to confirm the affect on the RFID tag.
Claims4
A system comprising:
- an RFID tag reader;
- a hole punch apparatus to punch a hole in an RFID tag;
- wherein said hole punch punches a hole in said RFID tag to affect the functioning of said RFID tag;
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- a point of sale terminal associated with a database which records physical characteristics associated with holes punched in RFID tags and sales of particular items.
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