Patent ID: 7165722
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium and computer program instructions stored on the computer readable medium, wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by a reader system, direct the reader system to perform a method for communicating with a radio frequency identification tag, the method comprising: (a) sending an identification query to a radio frequency identification tag; (b) assigning a guest identification to the radio frequency identification tag, the guest identification forming at least a portion of a tag routing address: (c) sending the guest identification and at least a portion of a reader system routing address to a home agent of the radio frequency identification tag; (d) receiving a message addressed to the tag routing address of the radio frequency identification tag, the tag routing address being compliant with a standard network protocol; and (e) sending a response to the message.