Visual RFID Tags and Interactive Visual RFID Networks
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1. A retail network comprising:
- a central control station;
one or more edge readers, each edge reader further comprising an RFID tag reader including an antenna, a wireless communications device, a microcontroller; and
a power source;
at least one base station reader the base station reader further comprising an RFID tag reader having an antenna, a first wireless communications device for communicating wirelessly with the one or more edge controllers and a second communications device; and
a plurality of items which are individually tagged with RFID tag wherein at least a portion of the RFID tagged items lie outside of the read range of the base station RFID tag reader but within the read range of one or more edge reader RFID tag reader.
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Abstract
RFID driven display system components such as wireless displays (visual RFID tags) and multi-antenna wireless RFID readers that monitor/control the RFID driven displays in order to provide visual real-time information to display viewers and/or provide useful information to a central processing station that monitors the status of and/or updates the RFID driven displays, networks including one or more of the components, and methods for using the RFID driven display system components to monitor assets in applications such as inventory control and manufacturing.
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15 Claims
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1. A retail network comprising:
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a central control station; one or more edge readers, each edge reader further comprising an RFID tag reader including an antenna, a wireless communications device, a microcontroller; and
a power source;at least one base station reader the base station reader further comprising an RFID tag reader having an antenna, a first wireless communications device for communicating wirelessly with the one or more edge controllers and a second communications device; and a plurality of items which are individually tagged with RFID tag wherein at least a portion of the RFID tagged items lie outside of the read range of the base station RFID tag reader but within the read range of one or more edge reader RFID tag reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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