Patent ID: 11915081
Assignee: APPTRICITY CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A communication system supporting processing of communications between a physically flexible radio frequency (RF) tag and a home computer network for asset tracking comprising:
a first computer server on a home network, said first computer server having one or more hardware data processors with functionality to receive and process tracking, identification and status information signals relating to one or more trackable assets, said first computer server coupled to a first database for storing and maintaining information relating to said field assets and said first computer server being coupled to a home agent and a first gateway server for communication outside the home network;
one or more flexible radio frequency (RF) tag associated with said one or more trackable asset, said flexible radio frequency (RF) tag having a beacon layer with an integrated transmitter and power source having
an active radio beacon constructed on a flexible printed circuit board, said radio beacon is configured to transmit radio frequency signals, said radio beacon remaining dormant until activated and said radio beacon has data storage and programming capabilities after activation wherein encoding is reported to the tag for storage and broadcast;
one or more antenna for receiving and transmitting said radio frequency signals;
an actuatable switch coupled to the radio beacon that when actuated will activate the radio beacon, said actuatable switch being actuated by application of pressure, receipt of an electronic signal, or a combination thereof, said tag having a pressure device that activates the actuatable switch by application of a physical pressing force, a decoder that activates the actuatable switch by receipt of an electronic activation signal, or a combination thereof;
a battery, said battery being flexible or semi-flexible, attached adjacent the flexible printed circuit board and coupled to the actuatable switch, said battery remaining dormant until activated by the actuatable switch, said radio beacon and said battery being the integrated transmitter and power source;
said flexible RF tag has a pressure activation device that manually actuates the actuatable switch by application of a physical pressing force, a decoder that electronically actuates the actuatable switch by receipt of an external radio activation signal to one of said one or more antenna or a combination thereof; and
one or more flexible layers providing support, protection and/or adhesion affixed to a top surface, a bottom surface, or around one or more edges, of the beacon layer, at least one of which is a flexible top layer printable with machine readable code, human readable text, and combinations thereof, said flexible top layer is affixed to said top surface of said beacon layer,
said flexible RF tag is configured to be in communication with one or more computing device external to and in wireless communication with the flexible RF tag for tracking an asset associated with said flexible RF tag;

one or more radio frequency receiving device having application programing to receive radio frequency signals from the RF tag, said radio frequency receiving device receives signals transmitted from said RF tag, and said radio frequency receiving device relays data received from the RF tag to the first computer server.