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

Claim 0:
1. A flexible radio frequency (RF) tag comprising:
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 switch, said battery remaining dormant until activated by the switch, said radio beacon and said battery being the integrated transmitter and power source;
a flexible top layer printable with machine readable code, human readable text, and combinations thereof, said flexible top layer is affixed to said beacon layer, and
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.