Patent ID: 7839276

Claim:
A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system and method which prevents unauthorized access to communication protocols between RFID tagged consumer items and an RFID interrogator and which said system and method still further prevents unauthorized access to communication protocols between an RFID interrogator and a contactless smart card, comprising: a hermetically sealed Faraday cage container (Secure Self Scanconstructed of metal meshed glass, metal sheeting and elastomer sealant, said Faraday cage container fitted with a mechanical pulley or automated conveyor system for the purpose of securely reading RFID tagged consumer items and contact less smart cards when the RFID tagged consumer items and contact less smart cards are located within a consumer shopping cart; an array of interrogation antennas located within the hermetically sealed Faraday cage said array of interrogation antennas having means to radiate different wavelengths of interrogation frequencies; interrogation process means (Secure Self Scan process); a retailer(s); consumer(s); consumer shopping basket; consumer shopping cart individual RFID tagged consumer items; an individual contact less smart card.