Patent ID: 7830258

Claim:
An encoder for commissioning RFID transponders, the encoder comprising: an RFID interrogator module adapted to enable encoding predetermined data according to a commissioning algorithm and communicating with an internal antenna or near field coupler, the antenna or near field coupler being adapted to encode the predetermined data on the RFID transponder; a memory storage device for storing at least a portion of the predetermined data; a processing means for controlling and communicating with the memory storage device, the RFID interrogator module and the internal antenna or near field coupler; a release liner means to carry RFID transponders; a means for providing a supply of RFID transponders, the transponders configured for tensile extraction from the encoder; a take-up reel means to collect the release liner means and RFID transponders deemed defective by a fail condition indicated by the RFID Interrogator module; and a means for presenting the RFID transponder within an operable range of the internal antenna or near field coupler to enable encoding of the predetermined data.