Patent ID: 7042336

Claim:
A method for signaling information by a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit having a unique number generation portion that is activated when the RFID circuit is read by control equipment, said method comprising the steps of: a) exposing on a material data bits of the number generation portion of the RFID circuit in a manner that the data bits will represent binary ones or zeros; b) altering on a material the data bits of the number generation portion of the RFID circuit in a manner that the data bits will represent binary ones or zeros; wherein the RFID circuit has a unique number generation portion that when combined with the number generation portion of the RFID circuit indicates to the control equipment which remote control device is being touched; c) touching contacts on the material so that the RFID circuit will perform some function; and d) coupling the RFID circuit to equipment to remotely control the equipment.