Patent ID: 11907778
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. An information processing method comprising:
wirelessly communicating, by a communication device, with a plurality of wireless tags that respectively store identification codes including an existing common portion as at least a part of the common portion;
designating at least a part of the common portion as a mask pattern and causing the communication device to transmit a first command for notifying selection of the wireless tag including the identification code, the identification code further including the corresponding mask pattern;
causing the communication device to transmit a second command for requesting a response to the selected wireless tag;
causing the communication device to transmit a third command for requesting rewriting of the identification code to one of the wireless tags that transmits data in response to receiving the data transmitted from the one wireless tag with respect to the second command by the communication device; and
causing a repeat of transmission of the second command if a third command is transmitted until the third commands are transmitted to each of a predetermined number of the wireless tags, or if the data transmitted from one of the wireless tags is not received by the communication device with respect to the transmission of the second command.