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US 8,522,977 B1Granted
Method and system for protective radio frequency shielding packaging
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorJoe Freeman Britt, Jr.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a packaging system for protecting a radio frequency readable label from being read while the label is on or embedded within a packaged product. The product packaging may include a shielding member that is rendered unusable upon removal of the product from the packaging. The radio frequency readable product label may be on or in a product, and contain information related to the product, such as product identification.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- an outer container;
- and
- an inner container disposed within the outer container having a one-time shielding member that is a brittle material and obscures a radio frequency readable tag of a contained product from a radio frequency tag reader, wherein removal of the contained product from the outer container breaks the shielding member which renders the shielding member unusable as a subsequent shielding member.
A method of packaging a product, the method comprising:
- providing an outer container;
- providing an inner container disposed within the outer container the inner container containing a product with a radio frequency readable tag;
- and
- providing a brittle one-time shielding member disposed to obscure the radio frequency readable tag from a radio frequency tag reader and the shielding member is broken and rendered unusable as the shielding member by removal of the product from the outer container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.