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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2018
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Steven J. Lewis, Bentonville, AR (US);
Anthony G. Wind, III, Gravette, AR (US);
Richard A. White, Pineville, MO (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to printing radio frequency identification tag on a sales receipt. In some embodiments, a system comprises a printer, wherein the printer is configured to produce at least a portion of circuitry required for the RFID tag and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the printer, the control circuit configured to identify items associated with a transaction, determine the at least the portion of the circuitry of the RFID tag to be printed, associated the RFID tag with one or more of the items, cause the printer to print the at least the portion of the circuitry required for the RFID tag on the receipt, receive, from an RFID reader, an indication of the RFID tag and indications of RFID tags associated with products, and compare the indications of the RFID tags associated with products and the one or more of the items associated with the RFID tag.