Patent ID: 9644311
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: D06F,G06K,H02J,H04B

Claim:
1. A method of operating a near field communication (NFC) tag, the NFC tag being secured to a rotatable drum of a clothes drying appliance for communications with a stationary NFC reader within the clothes drying appliance, the NFC tag being powered by a rechargeable battery, the method comprising: determining whether the drum is currently rotating; determining whether the NFC tag is aligned with the NFC reader; when it is determined that the drum is not currently rotating, and the NFC tag is in alignment with the NFC reader, operating a charging circuit to charge the rechargeable battery; and when it is determined that the drum is not aligned with the NFC reader rotating the drum until the NFC tag is aligned with the NFC reader and operating a charging circuit to charge the rechargeable battery.