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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Tyler Mincey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Hodge, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tyler Mincey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Hodge, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/0716 (2013.01); G06K 19/07749 (2013.01); H04Q 2213/13095 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device with RFID circuitry is provided. The electronic device is operative to instruct the RFID circuitry to provide a desired message indicative of an event associated with the electronic device. For example, if the electronic device experienced some type of system failure, the device may instruct the RFID circuitry to provide a message indicative of that failure.