Patent ID: 7511620

Claim:
An radio-frequency identification (RFID) system comprising: a first RFID antenna, the first antenna configured to read RF tag data within a first read point; a second RFID antenna, the second antenna configured to read the RF tag data within a second read point; a failover RFID antenna, and a controller communicatively coupled to the failover RFID antenna, the first RFID antenna, and the second RFID antenna, the controller configured to group the first, second, and failover RFID antennas in a read point zone and to receive RF tag data from the first, second, and failover RFID antennas and assign the tag data to the read point zone; the controller further configured to receive a failure notification associated with failure of one of the first and second RFID antennas and activate the failover RFID antenna upon receipt of the failure notification.