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RF-enablement of products and receptacles therefor

  • US 7,623,035 B2
  • Filed: 07/20/2005
  • Issued: 11/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A combination of a product and a receptacle for receiving the product, wherein the product and the receptacle are both operable for communicating wireless radio frequency (RF) signal,said product comprisingan antenna integrated therewith,a first RFID tag attached thereto, said first RFID tag is a passive tag comprising a transmitter and a tag antenna operable to transmit wireless RF signals to said integrated antenna,a receiver,a microprocessor, anda data storage device operable to store a selected code, wherein said tag antenna is operable to receive incoming wireless RiF signals from said integrated antenna and to communicate them to said receiver, said receiver is operable to communicate them to said microprocessor, and said microprocessor is operable to read said selected code from said data storage device and to transmit said selected code to a display or a remote field antenna, andsaid receptacle comprising a second RFID tag, said second RFID tag being an active tag in wireless communication with the first RFID tag to access the selected code stored thereon, andwherein said receptacle comprises a sensor disposed on a surface of said receptacle and operable to generate a sealina signal upon shrink-wrapping of the receptacle.

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