Patent ID: 7441463

Claim:
A method for measuring parameters experienced by a structure, the method comprising: a) coupling at least one sensor to the structure, the at least one sensor having at least one electromagnetic resonator; b) transferring an interrogation signal wirelessly from a first antenna to at least one coupler, through the at least one coupler, and into the electromagnetic resonator to measure a select parameter and to evoke a first response signal associated with the select parameter; c) transferring the response signal out of the electromagnetic resonator, through the same or a different coupler, and wirelessly to the first antenna; d) measuring at least a second select parameter with the interrogation signal and to evoke at least a second response signal associated with the at least second select parameter; and e) transferring the at least second response signal out of the electromagnetic resonator, through the same or a different coupler, and wirelessly to the first antenna.