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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1998
Beverly L. Harrison, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kenneth P. Fishkin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Anuj Uday Gujar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Roy Want, Los Altos, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for identifying multiple electronic tags, the system including a plurality of electronic tags attachable to a single object, each electronic tag having a non-overlapping readable region, and each electronic tag having a unique identifier, an electronic tag reader configured to read the unique identifier of each electronic tag within the non-overlapping readable region, selective shielding of each electronic tag, and a computing system connected to the electronic tag reader to provide digital services in response to reading the unique identifier of each electronic tag.