Patent ID: 7944339

Claim:
A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader including a printed circuit board (PCB), the PCB comprising: a built-in RFID read-write tag uniquely assigned to the RFID reader and integrated into the RFID reader, the built-in RFID read-write tag including RFID tag circuitry having a memory and first RF communication circuitry for communicating with an external RFID reader; a reader circuitry for reading from or writing information on RFID tags including the built-in RFID read-write tag and an external tag; a second RF communication circuitry coupled to the reader circuitry for communicating with the external RFID tag; and a circuit link for coupling the RFID tag circuitry to the reader circuitry, the built-in RFID read-write tag communicating with the reader circuitry via the circuit link and communicating with the external RFID reader via the first RF communication circuitry.