Patent ID: 7752980

Claim:
An electrical communications device for use within a condition responsive indicating system having the electrical communications device and the RFID tags therein comprising: a body, an interrogator for querying the RFID tags within reading range of said interrogator, said interrogator positioned on said body and using a first radio frequency signal from the RFID tags to detect a specific condition information of the RFID tags, at least one communications component for communicating out of range of said interrogator, said communications component positioned on said body and receiving at least a second radio frequency signal having system information from a remote host and transmitting a third radio frequency signal having the condition information to said remote host, a circuit board positioned on said body to connect said interrogator to said communications component, said circuit board having a microprocessor for processing, storing and controlling the communication of information within the system, said microprocessor being responsive to the specific condition information and system information based upon rules stored in memory or instructions communicated within the system, a battery positioned on said body and being electrically connected to said circuit board, and said battery being source of power for at least one of the interrogator, communications component and microprocessor.