METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO PRECONFIGURING IN FACILITATING THE READING OF RFID TAGS
First Claim
1. A method to facilitate reading a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, the method comprising:
- receiving, within a RFID tag reader and from a remote processor that is separate from the RFID tag reader, identification information corresponding to one or more RFID tags of interest, wherein the identification information distinguishes the one or more RFID tags of interest from other RFID tags that are not currently of interest;
interrogating, after having received the identification information, a plurality of RFID tags while the RFID tag reader is remote from and not in communication with the remote processor;
receiving at the RFID tag reader multiple corresponding RFID tag responses from various ones of the plurality of RFID tags;
evaluating locally at the RFID tag reader each of the multiple RFID tag responses relative to at least the identification information;
identifying, as a function of the evaluating, a plurality of RFID tags that are RFID tags of interest; and
producing, locally at the RFID tag reader and in response to identifying the plurality of RFID tags of interest, end user-perceivable indications corresponding to at least one RFID tag response from each of the plurality of RFID tags of interest to thereby inform an end user of the RFID tag reader with respect to a corresponding reading state as regards to the plurality of RFID tags.
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide methods to facilitate reading a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, comprising: receiving, within a RFID tag reader, identification information corresponding to one or more RFID tags of interest; interrogating a plurality of RFID tags while the RFID tag reader is not in communication with a remote processor; receiving multiple corresponding RFID tag responses from the RFID tags; evaluating at the RFID tag reader each of the multiple RFID tag responses relative to the identification information; identifying, as a function of the evaluating, a plurality of RFID tags of interest; and producing, at the RFID tag reader, end user-perceivable indications corresponding to at least one RFID tag response from each of the RFID tags of interest to thereby inform an end user with respect to a corresponding reading state as regards to the plurality of RFID tags.
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1. A method to facilitate reading a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, the method comprising:
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receiving, within a RFID tag reader and from a remote processor that is separate from the RFID tag reader, identification information corresponding to one or more RFID tags of interest, wherein the identification information distinguishes the one or more RFID tags of interest from other RFID tags that are not currently of interest; interrogating, after having received the identification information, a plurality of RFID tags while the RFID tag reader is remote from and not in communication with the remote processor; receiving at the RFID tag reader multiple corresponding RFID tag responses from various ones of the plurality of RFID tags; evaluating locally at the RFID tag reader each of the multiple RFID tag responses relative to at least the identification information; identifying, as a function of the evaluating, a plurality of RFID tags that are RFID tags of interest; and producing, locally at the RFID tag reader and in response to identifying the plurality of RFID tags of interest, end user-perceivable indications corresponding to at least one RFID tag response from each of the plurality of RFID tags of interest to thereby inform an end user of the RFID tag reader with respect to a corresponding reading state as regards to the plurality of RFID tags. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus to facilitate reading a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to store identification information received from a remote processor that is separate and remote from the apparatus, wherein the identification information corresponds to one or more RFID tags of interest and distinguishes the one or more RFID tags of interest from other RFID tags that are not currently of interest; an RFID tag reader configured to interrogate a plurality of RFID tags while the RFID tag reader is remote from and not in communication with the remote processor, and to receive multiple corresponding RFID tag responses from various ones of the plurality of RFID tags; a control circuit operatively coupled with the RFID tag reader and the memory, wherein the control circuit is configured to receive the multiple corresponding RFID tag responses from the RFID tag reader;
locally evaluate each of the multiple RFID tag responses relative to at least the identification information;
identify, as a function of the evaluation, a plurality of RFID tags are RFID tags of interest; and
produce, in response to identifying the plurality of RFID tags of interest, end user-perceivable indication signals corresponding to RFID tag responses from each of the plurality of RFID tags of interest; andan annunciator operably coupled with the control circuit, wherein the annunciator is configured to receive the end user-perceivable indication signals from the control circuit and to generate end user-perceivable indications corresponding to the RFID tag responses from each of the plurality of RFID tags of interest as a function of the end user-perceivable indication signals to thereby inform an end user of the apparatus with respect to a completeness level of the reading of the plurality of RFID tags. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method to facilitate reading a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, the method comprising:
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interrogating, from a handheld wireless RFID tag reader, a plurality of RFID tags; receiving at the RFID tag reader multiple corresponding RFID tag responses from various ones of the plurality of RFID tags; determining whether the RFID tag reader is in range with and in communication with a remote processor that is separate from the RFID tag reader; evaluating, locally at the RFID tag reader when the RFID tag reader is not within communication with the remote processor, each of the multiple RFID tag responses relative to at least identification information received at the RFID tag reader from the remote processor and locally stored at the RFID tag reader, wherein the identification information corresponds to one or more RFID tags of interest and distinguishes the one or more RFID tags of interest from other RFID tags that are not currently of interest; comparing, locally at the RFID tag reader when the RFID tag reader is not within communication with the remote processor, information in each of the multiple RFID tag responses with one or more identifiers defined within identification information received at the RFID tag reader from the remote processor and locally stored at the RFID tag reader; identifying, locally at the RFID tag reader when the RFID tag reader is not within communication with the remote processor and in response to the comparing, one or more of the plurality of RFID tag responses as RFID tags of interest when the one or more identifiers correspond to previously-established identifiers defined within the identification information received at the RFID tag reader from the remote processor; determining, locally at the RFID tag reader when the RFID tag reader is not within communication with the remote processor and as a function of the evaluating, whether a currently-read RFID tag is an RFID tag of interest; storing locally within the RFID tag reader at least a portion of information from each of the plurality of RFID tag responses received from RFID tags of interest; and producing, locally at the RFID tag reader when the RFID tag reader is not within communication with the remote processor and in response to determining that one or more currently-read RFID tags are RFID tags of interest, a end user-perceivable indication corresponding to the RFID tag responses from the plurality of RFID tags of interest to thereby inform an end user of the RFID tag reader with respect to a corresponding reading state as regards to the plurality of RFID tags. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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