Patent ID: 7506803

Claim:
A method of validating data to be written into a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag using at least one computing device separate from an RFID encoder, comprising the steps of: a) receiving RFID tag data and concatenating said RFID tag data into a segmented string comprised of one or more components; b) executing an RFID validator object, wherein executing said RFID validator object comprises the steps of: passing the segmented string to said RFID validator object as a parameter to determine if said segmented string is in an RFID format, wherein said RFID format provides standards for the segmented string, wherein further said standards define the correct placement of said components, the number of said components in the string, and rules for the length and range of values of said components; determining if said components are in the correct placement for encoding; determining if said segmented string has the correct number of said components for encoding; and determining if each component of said segmented string is formatted according to said component's specific rules regarding length and range of values; c) if said RFID tag data is determined to be valid by said RFID validator object, transmitting the RFID tag data to an RFID encoder for writing said RFID tag data into an RFID tag; d) if said RFID tag data is determined to be not valid by said RFID validator object, generating a message indicating one or more reasons that said RFID tag data is not valid; and e) displaying said message at the computing device to prompt a user to correct said RFID tag data.