Patent ID: 8754748

Claim:
A wireless scanning system, comprising: a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to interrogate RFID tags and obtain tag data from interrogated RFID tags; a mobile wireless device configured to transmit an interrogation request to the RFID reader; a device RFID tag coupled to the mobile wireless device, the device RFID tag configured to convey data that identifies the mobile wireless device when the device RFID tag is interrogated by the RFID reader; and a plurality of item RFID tags each of which is coupled to an associated item of interest, wherein in response to the interrogation request the plurality of item RFID tags within a scan range of the mobile wireless device are interrogated by the RFID reader to obtain data for the associated item of interest, and wherein information from a selected one of the plurality of item RFID tags within the scan range is sent to the mobile wireless device based on one of a predefined criterion and a user selection.