Patent ID: 7659821

Claim:
A smart Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) infrastructure, comprising: a set of smart RFID tags adapted to communicate with one another, wherein each smart RFID tag that is operating is adapted to create and store an individual table of information pertaining to operation of other smart RFID tags, each operating smart RFID tag ensuring that its individual table of information contains information regarding all operating smart RFID tags in the set of smart RFID tags by periodically cross-checking its individual table of information against the individual tables of information of adjacent operating smart RFID tags in the set of smart RFID tags; and a set of writeable RFID tags adapted to communicate with and receive the individual table of information from each operating smart RFID tag, wherein each of the set of writeable RFID tags is further adapted to create a master table of information based on the individual table of information received from each operating smart RFID tag.