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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Applicant:
John Stephen Smith, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventor:
John Stephen Smith, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alien Technology Corporation, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 5/22 (2006.01); G06K 7/08 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method to identify devices including a first set of commands to identify devices in a first state and a second set of commands to identify devices in a second state, wherein devices identified in the first state are placed in the second state and devices identified in the second state are placed in the first state.