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RFID device with wide area connectivity

  • US 9,197,984 B2
  • Filed: 04/19/2011
  • Issued: 11/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • an internal radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogator configured to interrogate at least one external RFID tag and to aggregate one or more responses from the at least one external RFID tag to form aggregated RFID data;

    an internal RFID tag configured to send the aggregated RFID data to an external interrogator;

    a sensor port configured to receive sensor data; and

    a long-range wireless transceiver coupled to the sensor port and to the internal RFID interrogator and configured to;

    send the aggregated RFID data and the sensor data via a network;

    send an alert to the second device in response to the sensor data satisfying a threshold; and

    receive write data, wherein the internal RFID tag is configured to store the write data.

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