Patent ID: 8284055
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: G06K,H01Q,H04B,H04L,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: providing a single radio frequency identification (RFID) tag substrate; mounting a plurality of RF network nodes on the single RFID tag substrate wherein each of the plurality of RF network nodes has an RF and analog block for receiving and transmitting an RFID reader signal, a data processing and controller block for digital information processing, at least one memory location, and a power management block for managing power requirements of the RF network node; interconnecting the plurality of RF network nodes into a network topology with a communication bus for coordinating data communication among the plurality of RF network nodes to provide a coordinated storage facility from the at least one memory location of each of the plurality of RF network nodes wherein the coordinated storage facility responds with coordinated data to an interrogation by an RFID reader; and coordinating the operation of the plurality of RF network nodes with a master RF network node coupled to the communication bus.