Patent ID: 8354917

Claim:
An Integrated Circuit (IC) for use with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, comprising: a processing block operable to: receive a first command; if a counter has not yet reached a predefined limit then: comply with the first command, and adjust the counter by a first adjustment amount; if the counter has reached the predefined limit, then: not comply with the first command, and backscatter an Out_Of_Cycles reply; receive a second command; if the counter has not yet reached the predefined limit then: comply with the second command, and adjust the counter by a second adjustment amount, wherein the second adjustment amount is different from the first adjustment amount; if the counter has reached the predefined limit, then: not comply with the second command, and backscatter an Out_Of_Cycles reply; and disable the counter in response to receiving a Disable command.