METHODS AND APPARATUSES TO IDENTIFY DEVICES
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Abstract
An apparatus and method to identify devices including a first set of commands to identify devices in a first state and a second set of commands to identify devices in a second state, wherein devices identified in the first state are placed in the second state and devices identified in the second state are placed in the first state.
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67 Claims
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38. A method for identifying tags, the method comprising:
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issuing a first set of commands in a first inventory process to identify a first plurality of tags in a first state, and to place the first plurality of tags which are identified in the first state in a second state; and issuing a second set of commands in a second inventory process to identify a second plurality tags in the second state and to place the second plurality of tags which are identified in the second state in the first state, wherein the first state prevents the identified tags from responding to the second set of commands and enables the identified tags to respond to the first set of commands and wherein the second inventory process is performed in a same way as the first inventory process. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method performed in a tag, the method comprising:
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receiving at a tag in a first state, a first set of commands in a first inventory process to identify the tag in the first state, wherein, as a result of being identified, the tag in the first state is placed in a second state; receiving at the tag in the second state, a second set of commands in a second inventory process to identify the tag in the second state, wherein, as a result of being identified, the tag in the second state is placed in the first state, the first state preventing the identified tags from responding to the second set of commands and enabling the identified tags to respond to the first set of commands, and wherein the second inventory process is performed in a same way as the first inventory process. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A non-transitory machine readable medium containing instructions, which when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform operations for identifying tags comprising:
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issuing a first set of commands in a first inventory process to identify a first plurality of tags in a first state, and to place the first plurality of tags which are identified in the first state in a second state; and issuing a second set of commands in a second inventory process to identify a second plurality tags in the second state and to place the second plurality of tags which are identified in the second state in the first state, wherein the first state prevents the identified tags from responding to the second set of commands and enables the identified tags to respond to the first set of commands and wherein the second inventory process is performed in a same way as the first inventory process. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A non-transitory machine readable medium containing instructions, which when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform operations comprising:
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receiving at a tag in a first state, a first set of commands in a first inventory process to identify the tag in the first state, wherein, as a result of being identified, the tag in the first state is placed in a second state; receiving at the tag in the second state, a second set of commands in a second inventory process to identify the tag in the second state, wherein, as a result of being identified, the tag in the second state is placed in the first state, the first state preventing the identified tags from responding to the second set of commands and enabling the identified tags to respond to the first set of commands, and wherein the second inventory process is performed in a same way as the first inventory process. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A reader for identifying tags comprising:
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a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to issue a first set of commands in a first inventory process to identify a first plurality of tags in a first state, and to place the first plurality of tags which are identified in the first state in a second state; and wherein the processor is configured to issue a second set of commands in a second inventory process to identify a second plurality tags in the second state and to place the second plurality of tags which are identified in the second state in the first state, wherein the first state prevents the identified tags from responding to the second set of commands and enables the identified tags to respond to the first set of commands and wherein the second inventory process is performed in a same way as the first inventory process. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A tag, comprising:
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a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive a first set of commands in a first inventory process to identify the tag in a first state, wherein, as a result of being identified, the tag in the first state is placed in a second state, wherein the processor is configured to receive a second set of commands to identify the tag in the second state, wherein, as a result of being identified, the tag in the second state is placed in the first state, the first state preventing the identified tag from responding to the second set of commands and enabling the identified tags to respond to the first set of commands, and wherein the second inventory process is performed in a same way as the first inventory process. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67)
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Specification