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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Ji Hun Koo, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyung Duck Seo, Yongin-si, KR;
Young Hoon Min, Anyang-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A method of upgrading an operation program in an interrogator of a radio frequency identification (RFID) system including the interrogator and a transponder is provided. The method includes transmitting, from the interrogator to the transponder, a first message requesting an operation program upgrade based on information exchanged between the interrogator and the transponder; receiving, at the interrogator from the transponder, a second message that includes a new-version operation program in response to the first message; and installing, at the interrogator, the new-version operation program to upgrade the operation program in the interrogator.