Patent ID: 8237562

Claim:
A method for mitigating communications between a rogue Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader and an RFID tag, comprising: capturing an identifier associated with the tag by listening to at least one of a tag-to-reader communication and a reader-to-tag communication, wherein the identifier is at least one from a set of: a random number, a tag identification number, an Electronic Product Code (EPC), a handle, a password, data read from tag memory, data to be written to tag memory, a lock payload, a WordCount, a Word Pointer, a BlockRange, and a mask; determining, based on a comparison with known and/or legitimate identifiers, whether the captured identifier is a result of communications between the rogue reader and the tag; wherein the determining is performed by a monitoring agent; and further comprising setting an alert condition if a rogue reader is detected, wherein the alert condition is at least one from a set of: issuing an audible alert, issuing a visible alert, issuing an electronic alert, and setting a flag.