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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2001
David T. Berquist, St. Paul, MN (US);
Peter M. Eisenberg, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mitchell B. Grunes, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Daniel K. Mcintyre, St. Paul, MN (US);
Diane E. Morel, Shoreview, MN (US);
Robert J. Schilling, Cass Lake, MN (US);
Paul A. Sevcik, Birchwood, MN (US);
David T. Berquist, St. Paul, MN (US);
Peter M. Eisenberg, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mitchell B. Grunes, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Daniel K. McIntyre, St. Paul, MN (US);
Diane E. Morel, Shoreview, MN (US);
Robert J. Schilling, Cass Lake, MN (US);
Paul A. Sevcik, Birchwood, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to various methods of collecting and using data from RFID tags associated with items of interest. In one embodiment, the permissible error tolerance associated with the location of an RFID-tagged item may be altered, either manually or automatically. In another embodiment, RFID-tagged items may be associated with certain categories of items, based either on default or user-specified categories.