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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2005
Nicholas P Lyons, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Martha L Lyons, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alan Mcreynolds, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nicholas P Lyons, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Martha L Lyons, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alan McReynolds, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An aspect of the present invention is a method of monitoring a package. The method includes mounting a transponder on the package, the transponder having at least two signal transmission devices and emitting a first output signal configuration on the signal transmission devices when the integrity of the package is intact and emitting a second output signal configuration on the signal transmission devices if the integrity of the package has been compromised.