Patent ID: 8570159

Claim:
A manifest integrity management method comprising: scanning different radio frequency identification (RFID) tags affixed to different objects for placement in a container; determining both common data for all of the different RFID tags, and unique data for each of the different RFID tags; and, encoding an RFID tag for the container with an entry for the common data for the different RFID tags, and each unique data for each of the different RFID tags, wherein encoding the RFID tag for the container with the entry for the common data for the different RFID tags, and each unique data for each of the different RFID tags, comprises: creating a header for the RFID tag for the container comprising a length of the header, a number of the different RFID tags, a length of the unique data for each of the different RFID tags, and the common data; combining the header with each unique data for each of the different RFID tags; and, writing the combination to an identification (ID) memory of the RFID tag for the container.