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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2004
Kerry D. Steele, Kennewick, WA (US);
Gordon A. Anderson, Benton City, WA (US);
Ronald W. Gilbert, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Kerry D. Steele, Kennewick, WA (US);
Gordon A. Anderson, Benton City, WA (US);
Ronald W. Gilbert, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Communications device identification methods, communications methods, wireless communications readers, wireless communications systems, and articles of manufacture are described. In one aspect, a communications device identification method includes providing identification information regarding a group of wireless identification devices within a wireless communications range of a reader, using the provided identification information, selecting one of a plurality of different search procedures for identifying unidentified ones of the wireless identification devices within the wireless communications range, and identifying at least some of the unidentified ones of the wireless identification devices using the selected one of the search procedures.