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Patent US7672260 - Method of addressing messages and communications system - Google Patents
A target radio frequency identification (RFID) device may include a receiver to receive valid bits common to a first set of random numbers and to receive a signal indicating a change in a number of time slots from a first number of a plurality of time slots to a second number of a plurality of time slots...http://www.google.com/patents/US7672260?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7672260 - Method of addressing messages and communications system
Publication number US7672260 B2
Application number US 11/270,204
Also published as DE69938655D1, EP1072128A1, EP1072128B1, US6275476, US7315522, US7639638, US7760677, US7936706, US8040829, US8488581, US8634338, US8638709, US9014077, US20010014090, US20050207364, US20060056325, US20060209781, US20080007412, US20080042806, US20090322491, US20120265584, US20120271683, US20130073348, US20140236685, WO1999043127A1
Publication number 11270204, 270204, US 7672260 B2, US 7672260B2, US-B2-7672260, US7672260 B2, US7672260B2
Patent Citations (116), Non-Patent Citations (111), Referenced by (27), Classifications (31), Legal Events (6)
US 7672260 B2
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International Classification H04H20/00, H04J3/16, H04L12/56, H04Q5/22, H04L12/413, H04B7/00, G06K7/00
Cooperative Classification H04L61/2092, H04W74/08, H04W74/06, H04W76/021, G06K7/0008, H04W40/246, G06K7/10019, H04L29/1232, H04W8/26, H04W24/00, G06Q20/24, G07B15/00, G06Q20/3223, G06Q20/26
European Classification G06K7/10A1, H04L29/12A3I, H04W74/06, H04L61/20I, G06K7/00E, H04W76/02A