Patent ID: 9130318
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G02B,G06K,H01R,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An adapter comprising: a first jack associated with a first side of the adapter and configured so that a first connector can be inserted into the first jack at the first side of the adapter; a second jack associated with a second side of the adapter and configured so that a second connector can be inserted into the second jack at the second side of the adapter, wherein the adapter is configured to communicatively couple the first connector to the second connector; and a coupling circuit configured so that a portable RFID reader can be positioned near a first part of the coupling circuit associated with the first side of the adapter in order to perform a localized read of both an RFID tag attached to the first connector inserted into the first jack of the adapter and an RFID tag attached to the second connector inserted into the second jack of the adapter, wherein the coupling circuit is used to enhance a read range of the portable RFID reader when performing the localized read.