Patent ID: 6480100
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A method of using an RFID tag associated with a component, the RFID tag including a tag transponder to conduct data representing information from the RFID tag to an RFID tag interrogator, the method including:providing a data storage member within the RFID tag transponder for storing data on the data storage member; selecting a data format from a plurality of data formats, the selected data format organizing at least a portion of the data stored on the data storage member; identifying the selected data format with a data format name; recording the selected data format and the data format name remote to the RFID tag; storing the data format name within the RFID tag; communicating the stored data format name to the RFID tag interrogator; using the communicated data format name, providing the recorded data format to the RFID tag interrogator to instruct the RFID tag interrogator how to interpret the data stored within the data storage member; using the RFID tag interrogator, periodically writing stored data to the RFID tag data storage member consistent with the selected data format; using the RFID tag interrogator, periodically reading stored data from the RFID tag data storage member consistent with the selected data format; and reformatting at least one of the data periodically written to and the data periodically read from the RFID tag data storage member, such that the reformatted data is readable by an application software program.