Computer With RFID Interrogator
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1. A system comprising:
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a store of Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) cross-referenced to respective products or services;
a radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogator programmed to interrogate a RFID tag affixed to an article and receive an EPC in response to the interrogation; and
a memory including an operating system (OS) and network browser having a first helper application and a second helper application, the first helper application querying the store to identify information associated with the article represented by the received EPC, the second helper application scanning content currently displayed by the network browser, and displaying supplemental information pertaining to the identified article if the scanned content relates to the identified article.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a computer with a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader. A system includes a processor, a store of codes representing goods and services cross-referenced to supplemental information, a radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogator, an input/output tag (IO), and a memory including a process that matches a received code from the RFID interrogator to a code in the store of codes and to display supplemental information of a good or service on the IO tag.
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1. A system comprising:
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a processor; a store of Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) cross-referenced to respective products or services; a radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogator programmed to interrogate a RFID tag affixed to an article and receive an EPC in response to the interrogation; and a memory including an operating system (OS) and network browser having a first helper application and a second helper application, the first helper application querying the store to identify information associated with the article represented by the received EPC, the second helper application scanning content currently displayed by the network browser, and displaying supplemental information pertaining to the identified article if the scanned content relates to the identified article. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system comprising:
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a processor; a store of codes representing goods and services cross-referenced to supplemental information; a radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogator; an input/output tag (IO); and a memory including a process that matches a received code from the RFID interrogator to a code in the store of codes and to display supplemental information of a good or service on the IO tag. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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in a computer system, receiving a code from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag in response to an interrogation by a RFID reader; identifying a good or service represented by the code; acquiring supplemental information relating to the identified good or service; parsing content currently displayed on a user interface (UT); determining if the identified good or service matches any of the parsed content; and if the identified good or service matches any of the parsed content, displaying the supplemental information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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