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Systems for and methods of assigning priority to reader antennae

  • US 8,970,376 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2012
  • Issued: 03/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a plurality of reader antennae, comprising:

  • determining a priority order of the plurality of reader antennae, where a preference level is assigned to each of the plurality of reader antennae based on information relating to products detected by each of the plurality of reader antennae and the priority order is derived from the preference levels, wherein the information relating to the products is stored in respective RFID tags associated with the products; and

    setting a polling sequence for reading the plurality of reader antennae according to the priority order determined in said determining step.

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