Method for field programming radio frequency identification return forms
First Claim
1. A method for a buyer to return goods to a seller, said method includes the steps of:
- A) packing buyer ordered goods in a container addressed to the buyer;
B) exposing on a material data bits of a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit in a manner that the data bits will represent goods that have been ordered by the buyer, the RFID circuit having a number generation portion that is activated when the RFID circuit is read, the number generation portion identifying the buyer, the container and its contents;
C) placing the RFID circuit in the container;
D) delivering the container to the buyer;
E) altering on the material the data bits of the number generation portion of the RFID circuit in a manner that the altered bits will represent goods that are being returned to the seller; and
F) returning the RFID circuit, the returned goods and the container to the seller.
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Abstract
A method that allows one to mark information with a pencil on a label equipped with a RFID type circuit, and have the marked information provided to the RFID circuit, or have the written information cause the RFID circuit to supply information regarding the returned goods. The marked entered information may be corrected by erasing the written information with a pencil eraser and writing new information on the paper with a pencil. Information may also be marked into a RFID circuit or have the marked information cause the RFID circuit to perform some function by utilizing a standard ink jet computer printer to print lines on paper equipped with a RFID type circuit, by having the printed lines perform the function of wires. The aforementioned printed information may be modified by having an individual connect different printed wires by drawing a penciled line between the wires or by punching holes in the printed lines.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for a buyer to return goods to a seller, said method includes the steps of:
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A) packing buyer ordered goods in a container addressed to the buyer;
B) exposing on a material data bits of a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit in a manner that the data bits will represent goods that have been ordered by the buyer, the RFID circuit having a number generation portion that is activated when the RFID circuit is read, the number generation portion identifying the buyer, the container and its contents;
C) placing the RFID circuit in the container;
D) delivering the container to the buyer;
E) altering on the material the data bits of the number generation portion of the RFID circuit in a manner that the altered bits will represent goods that are being returned to the seller; and
F) returning the RFID circuit, the returned goods and the container to the seller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a container;
at least one item of goods within the container;
a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit within the container, the RFID circuit having a number generation portion that is activated when the RFID circuit is read, the number generation portion identifying the at least one item of goods, a buyer to whom the at least one item of goods was sent, and the container; and
a sheet of material within the container, the RFID circuit being coupled to the sheet of material;
wherein at least one data bit of the number generation portion has been altered by a pen or pencil mark on the sheet of material to identify the at least one item of goods. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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