×

Computer With RFID Interrogator

  • US 20090273448A1
  • Filed: 05/05/2008
  • Published: 11/05/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A system comprising:

  • 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 all claims
  • 4 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×