RFID DEVICE WITH WIDE AREA CONNECTIVITY
First Claim
1. An apparatus for real-time location monitoring, comprising:
- a first radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag;
an RFID interrogator configured to interrogate the first RFID tag and a second RFID tag, and to aggregate a plurality of responses from the first RFID tag and the second RFID tag; and
a long-range wireless transceiver coupled to the RFID interrogator, and configured to communicate the aggregated RFID data with a second device.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus relating to a radio frequency identification device (RFID) with wide-area connectivity are provided. In an example, a real-time location (RTL) monitoring device is provided. The RTL monitoring device includes a first radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag and an RFID interrogator configured to interrogate the first RFID tag and a second RFID tag. A long-range wireless transceiver is coupled to the RFID interrogator, and configured to communicate RFID data. The first RFID tag, the RFID interrogator, and the long-range wireless transceiver can be collocated in an enclosure separate from the second RFID tag. The RTL monitoring device is configured to aggregate a plurality of responses from the first and second RFID tags, and to communicate the aggregated RFID data with a second device, such as a satellite, a base station, and/or an eNodeB device.
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53 Claims
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1. An apparatus for real-time location monitoring, comprising:
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a first radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag; an RFID interrogator configured to interrogate the first RFID tag and a second RFID tag, and to aggregate a plurality of responses from the first RFID tag and the second RFID tag; and a long-range wireless transceiver coupled to the RFID interrogator, and configured to communicate the aggregated RFID data with a second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for reading data from a plurality of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags via a long-range wireless transmitter that is coupled to an RFID interrogator, comprising:
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receiving first data from the first RFID tag in the plurality of RFID tags with the RFID interrogator; receiving second data from the second RFID tag in the plurality of RFID tags with the RFID interrogator; aggregating the first data and the second data into aggregate data; and transmitting the aggregate data to a communication device with the long-range wireless transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An apparatus for reading data from a plurality of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, comprising:
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means for receiving first data from the first RFID tag in the plurality of RFID tags with the RFID interrogator; means for receiving second data from the second RFID tag in the plurality of RFID tags with the RFID interrogator; means for aggregating the first data and the second data into aggregated data; and means for transmitting the aggregated data to a communication device with the long-range wireless transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute a method comprising:
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controlling reception of first data from a first radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag in a plurality of RFID tags with an RFID interrogator; controlling reception of second data from the second RFID tag in the plurality of RFID tags with the RFID interrogator; controlling aggregation of the first data and the second data into aggregated data; and controlling transmission of the aggregated data to a communication device with a long-range wireless transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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