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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2012
Applicants:

John David Downie, Painted Post, NY (US);

James Scott Sutherland, Corning, NY (US);

Richard Edward Wagner, Painted Post, NY (US);

Dale Alan Webb, Corning, NY (US);

Matthew Scott Whiting, Lawrenceville, PA (US);

Inventors:

John David Downie, Painted Post, NY (US);

James Scott Sutherland, Corning, NY (US);

Richard Edward Wagner, Painted Post, NY (US);

Dale Alan Webb, Corning, NY (US);

Matthew Scott Whiting, Lawrenceville, PA (US);

Assignee:

Fiber Mountain, Inc., Cheshire, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); H01R 13/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/07749 (2013.01); G02B 6/3895 (2013.01); G06K 19/0717 (2013.01); H01R 13/465 (2013.01);
Abstract

Protocols, systems, and methods are disclosed for at least one RFID tag and a device, to communicate with each other using direct connections, wherein the at least one RFID tag and the device are configured to mate and directly exchange identification information. A message comprising a tag identification may be sent directly from the RFID tag to the device, and the RFID tag may receive a first acknowledgement from the device if the first tag identification was correctly received. A connection may be detected between the RFID tag and the device prior to directly exchanging information. The exchange of information may include sending data from the device to the RFID tag.


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