Patent ID: 9292720
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a transmit plug configured to couple to a transmit antenna port of an EAS reader; a first receiver port coupled to the transmit plug, the first receiver port and transmit plug configured to receive a reader transmit signal at an EAS frequency from the EAS reader; a first frequency converter coupled to the first receiver port and configured to convert the reader transmit signal to an RFID frequency to provide a converted reader transmit signal, the RFID frequency differing from the EAS frequency; a first transmit port configured to transmit the converted reader transmit signal to a tag via a first transmit cable and transmit antenna coupled to said first transmit port; a second receiver port configured to receive a tag transmit signal from a tag via a receiver antenna and a first receiver cable coupled to said second receiver port; a second frequency converter configured to convert the tag transmit signal to the EAS frequency to provide a converted tag transmit signal; a second transmit port coupled to the second frequency converter and configured to receive the converted tag transmit signal; and a receive plug coupled to the second transmit port and configured to couple to a receive antenna port of the EAS reader, the receive plug and second transmit port configured to transmit the converted tag transmit signal to the EAS reader.