Patent ID: 11922255
Assignee: HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader comprising:
a first RFID tag comprising a first antenna element configured to operate at a first transmit power, wherein the first RFID tag is configured to:
receive, in a first time interval, a first interrogation command from a first RFID reader through the first antenna element; and
in response to receiving the first interrogation command, transmit, in the first time interval, a first response signal to the first RFID reader;

a second antenna element configured to operate at a second transmit power that is below the first transmit power of the first antenna element; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the second antenna element, wherein the processor is configured to transmit, in the first time interval, a second interrogation command to one or more second RFID tags through the second antenna element.