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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Dean Kawaguchi, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward M. Farrell, Saratoga, CA (US);
Edmond Sardariani, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Arnold Mehring, Los Altos, CA (US);
Dean Kawaguchi, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward M. Farrell, Saratoga, CA (US);
Edmond Sardariani, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Arnold Mehring, Los Altos, CA (US);
Intelleflex Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method according to one embodiment includes conummicating with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag coupled to a reusable transport item (RTI); and determining whether the RTI has passed a predetermined useful lifetime thereof based on information received from the RFID tag. A method according to one embodiment includes conummicating with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag coupled to a reusable transport item (RTI); and determining both a horizontal and vertical position of the RTI. A method according to yet another embodiment includes communicating with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag coupled to a reusable transport item (RTI); and performing an action based at least in part on at least one of a location and a determined inactivity of the RTI.