Patent ID: 8044774

Claim:
An RFID tag comprising a memory, the tag configured to at least: receive an initial command; respond to the initial command by employing a first memory function associated with at least a portion of the memory; receive a first command; set a first protocol-related bit in the memory in response to the first command; disable the first memory function in response to receiving the first command, the tag still being able backscatter an operating reply in response to an operating request received thereafter; backscatter a status reply generated also from the set first protocol-related bit to indicate that the first memory function has been disabled; receive an interim command; respond to the interim command by employing a second memory function associated with at least a second portion of the memory; set a second protocol-related bit in response to the first command; disable also the second memory function in response to receiving the first command, the tag still being able backscatter the operating reply in response to an operating request received thereafter; and in which the status reply is generated also from the set second protocol-related bit to indicate that also the second memory function has been disabled.