Patent ID: 8599023

Claim:
A method for identifying items comprising: receiving, by a computer system, a particular RFID signal identifying that a particular attribute is associated with a particular item placed proximate to an RFID tag emitting the particular RFID signal, wherein the particular RFID signal is identified from among a plurality of RFID signals, wherein a selection of the plurality of RFID signals are each associated with a separate attribute from among a plurality of attributes, by: identifying an RFID signal identifier from the particular RFID signal; comparing the RFID signal identifier with at least one attribute-based signal characteristic; and responsive to the RFID signal identifier matching the at least one attribute-based signal characteristic, identifying a particular attribute mapping from among a selection of attribute mappings that maps the RFID signal identifier to the particular attribute; and displaying, by the computer system, a visual representation depicting that the particular item is associated with the particular attribute.