Adaptive processing of radio frequency identification

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10002270-B2
Application number	US-201715662775-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2017
Priority date	Mar 18, 2016
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to adaptive RFID communication. A tag device includes a storage configured to store content that is executable by a proxy device associated with a reader device. The tag device includes a communication component configured to transmit the content to the reader device, the content, when executed by the proxy device, causing an action associated with the tag device to be performed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a proxy device, an executable content from a reader device, wherein the executable content is a program code executable by the proxy device associated with the reader device, and wherein the executable content being executable by the proxy device and provided by a tag device to the reader device, wherein the tag device comprises:
a storage configured to store the executable content, wherein the storage is further configured to store identification data specific to the tag device that is executable by the proxy device associated with the reader device;
a communication component configured to transmit the executable content to the reader device, wherein the executable content, when executed by the proxy device, causing an action associated with the tag device to be performed;
a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, wherein the communication component is configured to transmit the executable content to the RFID reader via a radio frequency (RF) channel in response to detecting energy from the reader device;

wherein the reader device comprises:
a receiver configured to receive, from a tag device, the executable content contained in the tag device;
a proxy interface coupled to the proxy device and configured to provide the received executable content to the proxy device, the executable content being executable by the proxy device;

causing the executable content to be executed, by the proxy device, wherein causing the executable content to be executed comprises:
retrieving, by the proxy device, executable code from a location specified by a reference to the executable code, the reference being included in the received executable content;
dispatching, by the proxy device, the retrieved executable code to a respective module for execution;
obtaining a property of an object to which the tag device is attached, the object being associated with a user; and
detecting, based on the property, a conflict between the object and a further object associated with the user; and
causing a result to be provided, by the proxy device, to the user via a device in an environment associated with the user, the device being separated from the proxy device.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• He Liang
• Liu Zhen Duo
• Xu Chun Lei
• Yang geng wu
• Zheng Feng

Classifications

• G06K7/10366 Primary

  the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications · CPC title

• G06Q10/0833

  Tracking · CPC title

• G06K19/00

  Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings · CPC title

• G06K7/10 Primary

  by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation · CPC title