Item Identification Using RFID
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1. A system comprising:
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogator; and
a computer coupled to the RFID interrogator, the computer including a database comprising RFID identification codes and items associated with the RFID identification codes, two or more of the RFID identification codes associated with a single item.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for item identification using RFID. A system includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogator, and a computer coupled to the RFID interrogator, the computer including a database comprising RFID identification codes and items associated with the RFID identification codes, two or more the RFID identification codes associated with a single item.
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15 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogator; and a computer coupled to the RFID interrogator, the computer including a database comprising RFID identification codes and items associated with the RFID identification codes, two or more of the RFID identification codes associated with a single item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method comprising:
in a store of radio frequency identification (RFID) codes representing RFID tags, assigning two or more radio frequency (RFID) identification codes to a single item. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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interrogating an item having a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags with a RFID interrogator, each of the RFID tags having a unique RFID identification code; receiving a RFID identification code from one of the plurality of RFID tags on the item in response to interrogating; and identifying the item in a store that associates each of the unique RFID identification codes of each of the plurality of RFID tags to a single tagged item. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, for storing data and identifying items, the computer program product being operable to cause data processing apparatus to:
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interrogate an item having a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags with a RFID interrogator, each of the RFID tags having a unique RFID identification code; receive a RFID identification code from one of the plurality of RFID tags on the item in response to interrogating; and identify the item in a store that associates multiple unique RFID codes to a single tagged item. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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