RF tag

• US 20080048837A1
• Filed: 07/18/2006
• Published: 02/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Montgomery, Michael S., Chan, Wai Kwan, Miller, Perry A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,852,198 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.51
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0716 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising a sensor or an interface to a sensor
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag

Abstract

Various embodiments and methods relating to a radio frequency (RF) tag are disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) tag; and

an electronic device having custom settings and configured to communicate with the RF tag and to record the custom settings on the RF tag.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tag is removable from the device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tag is wired to the electronic device.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the tag is removable from the device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tag is configured to permit wireless reading of the custom settings while the device is not operating.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the RF tag contains custom settings and wherein the electronic devices configured to read the custom settings from the tag.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a printer.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to record operating data on the RF tag.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the tag is configured to permit wireless reading of the operating data on the RF tag while the device is not operating.

10. An apparatus comprising:

an electronic device configured to monitor operating data of the device; and

a radio frequency (RF) tag wired to the electronic device and removable from the electronic device, wherein the electronic device is configured to record the operating data on the RF tag and wherein the tag is configured to permit wireless reading of the data while the device is not operating.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the electronic device comprises a printer.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the tag is configured to record custom settings on the RF tag.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the tag is configured to permit wireless reading of the custom settings while the device is not operating.

14. A method comprising:

transmitting operating data from an electronic device to a radio frequency (RF) tag; and

storing the operating data on the RF tag.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising recording the custom settings of the electronic device on the RF tag

16. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

removing the tag from the device upon failure of the device;

transmitting the custom settings from the tag to another electronic device; and

recording the custom settings on the other device.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the electronic device comprises a printer.

18. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

reading the operating data recorded on the RF tag; and

diagnosing the device based on the operating data read from the RF tag.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the tag is wired to the electronic device.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the operating data is selected from a group of data consisting of:

hours of operation, events, failures or errors of the output device, operating temperatures, operating speeds, environmental conditions, shock, vibrations and voltage levels.