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7391338 Apparatus and method using a sensor to detect improper orientation of an object  
Apparatus and method is provided for using low cost, passive RF sensor technology such as RFID tags, to determine whether containers or other objects are in a right-side-up orientation. A useful...
7391329 Performance driven adjustment of RFID waveform shape  
Systems, software, devices, and methods are described for an RFID reader system to communicate with RFID tags. RF energy encountered in conjunction with using a selected channel is detected and...
7391325 Multifunctional multichip system for wireless sensing  
A multifunctional multichip system can operate in a passive mode by using at least one antenna to receive electromagnetic energy and using that energy to perform system functions. The system...
7391324 Locator plug system  
A locator plug system for efficiently locating utility services that utilize a plug. The locator plug system includes a plug for a utility service and an electronic marker attached to the plug. The...
7391318 Goods management system, ingredient freezing system, ingredient managing method and program recording medium  
An ingredient freezing system which provides accident information about ingredients stored in a refrigerator, the system including, a reading unit which obtains identification information of IC...
7388506 Closure and package with induction seal and RFID tag  
A package includes a container having a neck finish, and a closure having a plastic shell with a skirt externally secured to the container neck finish. A seal disk includes a metal layer on a...
7388505 Storage container smart collar  
A security system for a container connected to a device includes a collar connected to a device requiring the contents of the refillable container. The collar has a top with a diameter that matches...
7388504 RFID standoff label and method of use  
A RFID label suitable for use on a metal support surface. In one embodiment, the RFID label includes a substrate having a downwardly extending integral leg. RFID circuitry is disposed on the...
7388503 Shielded RFID tags in labels  
Labels that have radio frequency identification (RFID) tags embedded within them may include a removable electromagnetic shield that is removed only for the next tag to be processed, so that only...
7388502 Safety shoes, protective shoes, working shoes for professional use, equipped to allow identification and to memorize other data  
Personal protective equipment (PPE) such as safety, protective or working shoe for professional use and the like equipped with a transponder designed to identify the item, with memorization of the...
7388500 Enhanced mechanism for radio frequency identification reader  
The invention relates to an enhanced mechanism for RFID reader which includes: an antenna for receiving a RFID signal transmitted from an object under test and outputting the RFID signal to the...
7388497 Radio frequency identification tag  
Radio frequency identification (RFID) includes far-field systems associated with an RFID interrogator and an RFID tag. The RFID interrogator produces continuous wave (CW) unmodulated signals...
7388496 System for archiving scene props  
A system for identifying product placement props in a scene, the system includes: one or more cameras individually equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID) readers for filming or...
7388495 Integrated electronic article surveillance (EAS) and point of sale (POS) system and method  
A system and method for integrating point of sale (POS) data with electronic article surveillance (EAS) data, comprising a general-purpose computer for receiving and processing POS and EAS data is...
7388494 RFID systems and methods for probabalistic location determination  
Systems and methods for probabilistic determination of real world events in a sensory environment such as a predicting location in a responsive environment are described. A responsive environment...
7388493 Method and system for preventing unauthorized removal and use of an RFID apparatus  
A method for authorizing use of a disabling RFID apparatus includes attaching the apparatus to a wearer, verifying credentials associated with use of the apparatus, and tightening the apparatus to...
7388492 Pallet recycling system, radio tag, pallet, and management method and program  
A pallet recycling system for managing a pallet to support pallet recycling, comprising: a managing section connected to a network that manages a pallet distribution; a radio tag given to...
7388491 Mobile RFID reader with integrated location awareness for material tracking and management  
A portable RFID reader (or reader/writer) that also employs a location determination subsystem that facilitates determination of the reader (or reader/writer) location. The location subsystem can...
7388490 Methods and systems for locating VOIP terminals for improved 911 service  
Systems and methods are presented for providing updated VOIP terminal location information to emergency call service providers, in which RFID tags are positioned at various locations within an...
7388489 System and method for managing data on an RFID tag associated with a product  
The invention relates to a method and system for tracking repairs or servicing of various products/devices at a service center using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags that are attached to...
7388488 Method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags  
This invention relates generally to a method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags that are associated in some manner to any type of object. More particularly, the present...
7388481 Method and apparatus for asset management in an open environment  
A method and apparatus for asset management in an open environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method correlates a person's RFID tag with an RFID of an asset and uses this information to...
7385511 Carrierless RFID system  
The present invention is a method and an apparatus to use carrierless signals for energizing remote passive or active transponders (tags) and for communication link between a reader and the...
7385510 Container manifest integrity maintenance system and method  
A system, method, and medium for tracking the contents of a container in which the items stored in the container are provided with radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tags, and a tracker...
7385509 Manufactured article recovery system  
A system for recovering a manufactured article is disclosed. The system includes an electronic reader that reads a unique code associated with the manufactured article when that article is within...
7385498 Wristband reader apparatus for human-implanted radio frequency identification device  
A reader apparatus for an RFID-implanted human user is incorporated into a wristband such as a bracelet or a watchstrap worn by the user. The RFID device is subcutaneously implanted in the vicinity...
7385492 Tire distortion detecting method, distortion detector, sensor unit thereof, and tire having the same  
A tire distortion detecting method for detecting a detection of the tire during the running of a vehicle, a distortion detector, a sensor unit thereof, and a tire having the same whereby the...
7384496 Security tag system for fabricating a tag including an integrated surface processing system  
A method of fabricating a tag includes the steps of applying a first patterned adhesive to the surface of the substrate and applying a first electrically conductive foil to the first patterned...
7382265 UHF RFID tag and method of manufacturing the same  
An ultra high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and a method of manufacturing the tag are provided. The tag includes a substrate, a chip attached to the substrate and having...
7382264 Federated system for monitoring physical assets  
A system federates heterogeneous monitoring systems to provide end-to-end monitoring information for conveyances with item-layer visibility. A first node of the federated system comprises a first...
7382263 Oral drug compliance monitoring using radio frequency identification tags  
A device useful for oral drug delivery device consisting of: (a) a capsule, tablet or pill designed to disperse in the gastrointestinal system; (b) an RFID tag positioned in the capsule, tablet or...
7382262 System and method of tamper detection  
The present invention relates to a system and method of tamper detection. A tamper detection system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a passive electronic sensor...
7382261 Radio frequency identification security system and method  
A predetermined ID code is set in a server, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is configured on an electronic device. A tag ID code of the RFID tag is received by a reader and then is...
7382260 Hot swap and plug-and-play for RFID devices  
The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates adding a device to an RFID network and associated a process to such device. An interface can receive a new device and/or...
7382259 Image forming apparatus with radio frequency identification function and method of using the same  
A method of forming an image that corresponds to an information item about an article having a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The image forming apparatus receives information about the...
7382258 Sample carrier device incorporating radio frequency identification, and method  
An apparatus for associating information with a carrier and/or at least one biological reagent is provided. The apparatus can include a carrier adapted to retain at least one biological reagent and...
7382257 Single RF oscillator single-side band modulation for RFID readers with frequency translation and filtering  
A transmitter shifts a baseband data signal having a bandwidth of 2ω M using a tone signal having a frequency ω M , which centers a sideband of the data signal at zero frequency. The transmitter...
7382255 Medical assistance and tracking method employing smart tags  
A medical assistance method comprises providing a coded tag that is read and compared for matching a medication, implement, medical device, treatment and/or procedure and providing an indication of...
7382254 Storage medium having RFID tag and methods for using same  
A digital storage medium (e.g., a CDROM, a DVD, a tape, etc.) has an integrated RFID tag to store information for use in controlling access to the data stored on the digital storage medium.
7382253 Remote dynamic ingress/egress inventory security system  
A system provides an inventory of first and second class objects which are distributed in first and second defined locations. The first and second locations are accessible to each other via a...
7382248 Tracking system  
A tracking system includes a call handler and a database containing information relating to items to be tracked. The database contains customer identification criteria that guide the call handler...
7382246 Transmission control device  
A transmission control device is attached to a package containing contents which have individual wireless transmitting devices for transmitting identifiable information. The transmission control...
7382243 Personal emergency response system with interconnected slave units  
A monitoring system is disclosed. The monitoring system comprises a base station and a plurality of interconnected slave units, where each one of the slave units is adapted to receiving an alarm...
7382228 Methods and apparatus for identifying electronic shelf labels with which communication has been lost  
Systems and techniques for calling attention to loss of communication with an electronic shelf label. One or more of a plurality of labels deployed in a location may be programmed with a message to...
7380726 Label for an electronic product that provides failure information when the product fails  
A label on an electronic product may be written electronically and maintains the last display state when power is removed from the label. There are many different types of digital paper and...
7380723 Monitoring object movement  
An object identifier for an object is read in a first reading area and a second reading area. A time the object entered the first reading area and a time the object exited the first reading area is...
RE40353 Auto hang tag with radio transponder  
There is disclosed an automobile hang tag for use in parking control and the like with an integral radio transponder, together with interrogator apparatus associated therewith in a system for...
7378972 RFID tag  
In an RFID tag, a ground portion attached to a magnetic recording medium so as to be electromagnetically coupled to a metal surface inside the magnetic recording medium in a high-frequency band, a...
7378969 Systems and methods for visualizing auto-id data  
Embodiments of the present invention improve visualization of information associated with auto-ids (tag IDs). In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of processing...
7378968 Detecting the position of an RFID attached asset  
Provides asset position detecting apparatus and methods for determining the correspondence relation between an asset attached to an RFID tag and the position in which the asset is located in a...