Patent ID: 8698603
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06K,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of provisioning a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) device, the method comprising: reading an affixed RFID Tag associated with the RFID device; transmitting a first data packet via Internet Protocol (IP) multicasting containing data stored on the affixed RFID Tag, the first data packet indicating one of a plurality of personality classes of RFID devices, the one of the plurality of personality classes of RFID devices being a personality class in which the RFID device is classified; and receiving a second data packet containing configuration parameters that correspond to the one of a plurality of personality classes of RFID devices, wherein the configuration parameters enable automatic provisioning of the RFID device for a specific function performed by the RFID devices in the one of the plurality of personality classes.