Wireless association
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1. A tag comprising:
- a machine-readable data retention component, the machine-readable data retention component including;
at least one information field including identification information for an item to which the tag is affixed; and
at least one information field including association information, said association information including at least information for identifying other items that can be used in association with the item to which the tag is affixed.
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Abstract
A system for determining compatibility between various items is disclosed. A wireless communication device is used to scan a machine-readable tag which includes a plurality of information fields. The information fields include at least identification information of the primary object to which the tag is affixed, list of compatible items, characteristic information of the primary object or other objects, etc. The scanned information from the tag is compared to information in other tags. If the at least some of the information in the tag affixed to the primary object matches the information in one or more other tags, a notification event is triggered to inform the user of the match.
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1. A tag comprising:
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a machine-readable data retention component, the machine-readable data retention component including; at least one information field including identification information for an item to which the tag is affixed; and at least one information field including association information, said association information including at least information for identifying other items that can be used in association with the item to which the tag is affixed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic data retention component, comprising:
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an identification information field for containing identification information for an item to which the electronic data retention component is affixed; and an association information field for containing association information including at least information for identifying other items that can be used in association with the item to which the electronic data retention component is affixed. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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