Patent ID: 7242301

Claim:
An object operable for communicating wireless radio frequency (RF) signals, said object comprising an antenna integrated therewith, said object comprising a product and an RFID tag attached thereto, said RFID tag comprising a transmitter and a tag antenna operable to transmit wireless RF signals to said integrated antenna, said RFID tag being passive and further comprising a receiver, a microprocessor, a data storage device operable to store a selected code, said tag antenna being operable to receive incoming wireless RF signals from said integrated antenna and to communicate them to said receiver, said receiver being operable to communicate them to said microprocessor, said microprocessor being operable to read said selected code from said data storage device in response to a selected set of said incoming wireless RF signals and to transmit said selected code wirelessly from said tag antenna to said integrated antenna, said integrated antenna being operable thereupon to transmit said ID code wirelessly to a field antenna.