Patent ID: 8179259

Claim:
A method of operation of a radio frequency identification system comprising: supplying a label with a supply system with the label including: providing a radio frequency identification transponder; writing transponder content to the radio frequency identification transponder; feeding the label with a feeder along a first direction to a pickup point for an X, Y, and Z movement pick and place mechanism for placing on a product being assembled on an assembly line and moving along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; sensing the label at the pickup point with a sensor adjacent to the feeder; and causing the feeder to feed another label to the pickup point when the sensor senses the absence of the label at the pickup point with a control system connected to the sensor and the feeder, the control system connectible to the assembly line to have the X, Y, and Z movement pick and place mechanism of the assembly line pick up the label at the pickup point and place it on the product.