RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGS FOR PREVENTING AND DETECTING TAMPERING

• US 20080198011A1
• Filed: 05/30/2007
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Anthony Leper
• Original Assignee: John Anthony Leper
• Inventors: Leper, John Anthony
• Application Number:
  US11/755,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20080198011A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1445 with detection of interference with a cable tethering an article, e.g. alarm activated by detecting detachment of article, breaking or stretching of cable furniture, e.g. shelves for displaying merchandise, incorporating tethers to prevent theft A47F7/024, A47F5/0861

Abstract

The current invention discloses a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag based system that is capable of detecting tampering of a genuine goods. The system comprises an RFID tag, an end node, and a tentacle that electrically connects the RFID tag with the end node. An attempt to remove the RFID tag would cause the tentacle to break so that the electrical/electronic communication between the RFID tag and the end node is disrupted, therefore indicating that the goods has been tampered with.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a) a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag;

b) an end node; and

c) a tentacle that electrically connects the RFID tag with the end node;

wherein the tentacle is electrically conductive so that the RFID tag is capable of electrically communicating with the end node via the tentacle.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the RFID tag is a passive RFID tag.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the RFID tag is an active RFID tag.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the end node is a conductive device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the end node is a memory storage device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the end node is a chip.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the end node is an RFID tag.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the tentacle is made from an electrically conductive material.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the tentacle is made from a material selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, gold, and mixtures thereof.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the end node is capable of electronically communicating with the RFID tag by sending a variation to the RFID tag.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the end node is capable of electronically communicating with the RFID tag via a data packet.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the end node is capable of electronically communicating with the RFID tag by sending a data stored in the end node to the RFID tag.

13. A system comprising:

a) a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag; and

b) a tentacle,

wherein the tentacle is electrically conductive and has two ends, both terminating on the RFID tag, therefore forming a closed electrical circuit with the RFID tag.