A multi-capability apparatus supporting background RFID tag-reading and corresponding methods

A multi-capability apparatus supporting background RFID tag-reading and corresponding methods

A portable multi-capability apparatus has a non-RFID capability and an RFID-tag reading capability. Upon determining that the apparatus is employing the non-RFID capability, the apparatus uses information regarding the non-RFID to determine a location of the apparatus. The apparatus then uses the RF...

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Hauptverfasser: Nicholaus Adam Jones, Jarrod Lee Bourlon, Alvin S Taulbee
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
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Zusammenfassung:A portable multi-capability apparatus has a non-RFID capability and an RFID-tag reading capability. Upon determining that the apparatus is employing the non-RFID capability, the apparatus uses information regarding the non-RFID to determine a location of the apparatus. The apparatus then uses the RFID-tag reading capability in a ping mode of operation as a background task while also continuing to simultaneously use the non-RFID capability. When an RFID tag response to an RFID-tag reading ping, the apparatus correlates the RFID-tag response to the location of the apparatus is previously determined.