Item identification via RFID tag secret

    公开(公告)号:US12086668B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US18316311

    申请日:2023-05-12

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    摘要: A method is provided to determine unique identifiers. A physical item has an RFID integrated circuit (IC) having a unique identifier and a secret. The RFID IC may be configured to provide an identifier portion and a response to a previously sent challenge, where the identifier portion by itself is insufficient to completely identify the IC or item and the response is based on the challenge and the secret. Attempts are made to verify the response using a set of potential secrets determined using the identifier portion. If the response is successfully verified using a certain secret, the secret may then be used to determine one or more other identifier portions. The unique, complete identifier may then be determined from a combination of at least the identifier portions.

    RFID ICs with privacy modes
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12039390B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17762940

    申请日:2020-10-28

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    摘要: RFID tag ICs may be configured with privacy modes. When a tag IC is in a privacy mode, it will not respond to commands unless a previous command includes correct verification information or specifies a recycling indicator of the tag IC. If the previous command includes correct verification information, then the tag IC will respond to one or more subsequent commands as normal, for example by responding with one or more identifiers. If the previous command does not include correct verification information but specifies a recycling indicator and the privacy mode is recycling-enabled, the tag IC may respond to one or more subsequent commands with recycling information. The recycling information identifies whether or how an item associated with the RFID IC can be recycled or disposed but does not otherwise identify the RFID IC or item. Otherwise, the tag IC may remain silent.

    RFID loss-prevention based on transition risk

    公开(公告)号:US10373115B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-06

    申请号:US15811554

    申请日:2017-11-13

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    摘要: An RFID loss-prevention system (LPS) may monitor RFID-tagged items in a facility. An RFID reader transmits a first inventory command configured to cause tags in a first state to respond, receive a reply from a first tag, determine that the first tag has a low transition risk, and cause the first tag to switch to a second state. The reader may also receive a reply from a second tag, determine that the second tag has a high transition risk, and cause the second tag to remain in the first state. The reader may then transmit a second inventory command configured to cause tags in the first state to respond, receive a reply from the second tag in response to the second inventory command, determine that the second tag has inappropriately exited the facility, and issue an alert.

    RFID tags with public and private inventory states

    公开(公告)号:US10049317B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-14

    申请号:US15690597

    申请日:2017-08-30

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06K19/07

    摘要: RFID tags capable of transitioning between a private state and one or more public states are provided. In the private state, tags may participate in an inventory round without restriction. In a public state, tags may be prevented from participating in an inventory round, allowed to participate without providing actual identifying information, or allowed to participate providing an alternate identifier. Whether and how the tag responds in public state may depend on certain conditions including if one or more of the tag's flags are asserted or deasserted. Readers may select a public tag for inventorying by providing sufficient information to the tag to verify the reader's authenticity, and the tag then asserting or deasserting one or more of its flags accordingly. The asserted or deasserted flag(s) may be used to determine whether and how a tag in public state participates in an inventory round.

    Weak RFID tag signal recovery from collisions

    公开(公告)号:US10037444B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-31

    申请号:US15876825

    申请日:2018-01-22

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04Q5/22 G06K7/10

    CPC分类号: G06K7/10019

    摘要: RFID readers may be configured to recover multiple, collided RFID tag signals. An RFID reader may receive a collided reply waveform including at least first and second tag responses. The reader may determine that the collided reply waveform contains multiple tag responses and recover the first and second tag responses from the collided reply waveform. The reader may first recover the first tag response, reconstruct the first tag response, and subtract the reconstructed first tag response from the collided reply waveform to form a modified tag response. The reader may then recover the second tag response from the modified tag response.

    Content suggestion for posting on communication network

    公开(公告)号:US09954964B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-24

    申请号:US15002695

    申请日:2016-01-21

    发明人: Ezekiel Kruglick

    摘要: Technologies are presented for providing a suggestion list presenting options for posting information related to viewed content on a communication network. In some examples, a user may desire to contribute to posted content by adding comments and other relevant information. A system may identify one or more key terms included in the viewed content, and may compare the key terms with content, such as files, emails, websites, images and media content, on computing devices and web browser histories associated with the user to identify information that may be related to the viewed content. If the system identifies information related to the key terms of the viewed content, the system may present the identified information associated with key terms to the user, and may enable selection from a posting suggestion list for automatically posting.