Patent ID: 7683783

Claim:
A system that coordinates the application of encoded electronic tags to packaging for goods comprising a network that: communicates information for encoding the electronic tags, and communicates information for associating the encoded electronic tags with the packaging for goods; a tag encoding system that: draws the information from the network for encoding the electronic tags, encodes the electronic tags in accordance with the encoding information, tests the encoded tags, separates the successfully encoded tags, and bundles a set of the tested and successfully encoded electronic tags into a reel for delivering the set of tested and successfully encoded tags to a different location; and a tag applicator system at the different location that: draws information from the network for associating the encoded electronic tags with the packaging for goods, unbundles the set of tested and successfully encoded electronic tags from the reel, and applies the tested and successfully encoded encoded tags to the packaging for goods in accordance with the associating information.