Continuous data provision by radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders
First Claim
1. Method for continuous data provision in a radio frequency identification device, comprising:
- receiving a stream of data via a data interface and storing said received data in a transponder memory;
reading out said stored data from said transponder memory and supplying said read-out data to a radio frequency interface, separate from said data interface, for being transmitted via said radio frequency interface, andusing said transponder memory, from which said data has been read-out previously, for storing other, new data which is received subsequently via said data interface.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of short-rage communication systems. In particular, the present invention relates to radio frequency identification transponders with fixed physical memory capacity having however a flexible virtual memory capacity allowing for providing amounts of data by the radio frequency identification transponders extending the fixed physical memory capacity. Accordingly, a method and a radio frequency identification transponder for continuos data provision by a radio frequency identification transponder is provided. A stream of data is received via a data interface for the transponder and the received data is stored in a transponder memory. Then the stored data is read out form the transponder memory and supplied to a radio frequency interface for being communicated therewith. Next, the memory, which is currently used for storing data, which has been read out previously, is provided afterwards for storing data being received subsequently via the data interface.
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17 Claims
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1. Method for continuous data provision in a radio frequency identification device, comprising:
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receiving a stream of data via a data interface and storing said received data in a transponder memory; reading out said stored data from said transponder memory and supplying said read-out data to a radio frequency interface, separate from said data interface, for being transmitted via said radio frequency interface, and using said transponder memory, from which said data has been read-out previously, for storing other, new data which is received subsequently via said data interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Radio frequency identification device with continuous data provision, comprising:
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a data interface operable with an electronic device, wherein said data interface is adapted to receive and provide a stream of data; a transponder memory adapted to store said received data; and a transponder logic which is adapted to read out said stored data from said transponder memory, to supply said read-out data to a radio frequency interface separate from said data interface, and to use said transponder memory, from which said data has been read-out previously, for storing other, new data, which is received subsequently via said data interface; wherein said radio frequency interface is adapted to receive said supplied read-out data and to transmit said data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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