US 7,398,932 B2
Methods and apparatus for providing a radio frequency identification system
Krishna Ashili, Phoenix, Ariz. (US); and Andy Idsinga, Milwaukie, Oreg. (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US)
Filed on Apr. 07, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/101,786.
Prior Publication US 2006/0226213 A1, Oct. 12, 2006
Int. Cl. G06K 19/06 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 235—492  [235/375; 340/10.1; 340/10.51] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
initiating an autonomous reader script at a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader of an RFID system having a host computer and one or more RFID tags communicatively coupled to the RFID reader, the host computer configured to provide read commands to the RFID reader to cause the RFID reader to perform various read operations, the initiating being performed automatically at the RFID reader independent of the host computer and the one or more RFID tags, and the initiating being in response to detecting a signal received from the host computer having a signal strength that is below a threshold level; and
executing a reader operation at the RFID reader based on the autonomous reader script.