Control tag with environmentally selected conditional response
US10078947B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 9, 2018 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/00
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems (100) and methods (300) for selective device responsiveness using a plurality of control tags (132) affixed to a plurality of objects (102). The methods involve: receiving, by a plurality of control tags, a reporting command signal sent from an interrogation device via a communications link; and communicating a response to the reporting command signal from only those of the plurality of control tags which are (1) currently being moved, (2) have been moved within a first specified period of time, and/or (3) have a surrounding environment with at least one characteristic that has recently changed.
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