Systems, methods, and devices for commissioning wireless sensors
In one embodiment the present invention comprises a smartphone and encoders for commissioning RFID transponders. The present invention further includes novel systems, devices, and methods for commissioning RFID transponders with unique object class instance numbers without requiring a realtime connection to a serialization database.
1. An RFID transponder comprising:
a substrate;
an antenna structure formed on the substrate; and
an RFID integrated circuit chip which is electrically coupled to the antenna structure,
wherein the RFID integrated circuit chip is encoded with a unique object number, the unique object number comprising an object class information space and a unique serial number space, and
wherein the unique serial number space has an allocated block stored therein defined by a limited number of most significant bits of the unique serial number space as designated by an external numbering authority.
2. The RFID transponder of claim 1 , wherein remaining bits of lesser significance of the unique serial number space are encoded with a unique serial number for the object class.
3. The RFID transponder of claim 1 , wherein the object class information space is encoded with information comprising a company prefix, an item reference, a partition value, and a filter value.
4. The RFID transponder of claim 1 , wherein the unique object number is a portion of a serialized global trade item number.
5. The RFID transponder of claim 4 , wherein the serialized global trade item number is an EPC SGTIN-96 encoding.
6. The RFID transponder of claim 1 , wherein the unique serial number space is at least 38 bits.
7. The RFID transponder of claim 1 , wherein the allocated block is defined by at least 3 most significant bits.
8. The RFID transponder of claim 1 , wherein the allocated block is assigned based at least in part on a block starting serial number and a block size number within the unique serial number space.
9. The RFID transponder of claim 1 , wherein the allocated block is one of a plurality of allocations intermittently received by an encoder from an external numbering authority.
10. The RFID transponder of claim 1 , wherein the RFID integrated circuit chip is comprised of silicon.
11. The RFID transponder of claim 1 , wherein the RFID integrated circuit chip is comprised of polymer.
12. The RFID transponder of claim 1 , wherein the substrate, antenna structure, and RFID integrated circuit chip are covered by a face stock material.
13. The RFID transponder of claim 1 , wherein the RFID integrated circuit chip is disposed on the substrate.
14. A RFID transponder comprising:
a substrate;
an antenna structure formed on the substrate; and
an RFID integrated circuit chip which is electrically coupled to the antenna structure,
wherein the RFID integrated circuit chip is encoded with a global trade item number including a unique object number, the unique object number comprising an object class information space including a block of at least 50 bits and a unique serial number space including a block of at least 38 bits, and
wherein the unique serial number space has at least one allocated block stored therein defined by at least 3 most significant bits of the unique serial number space as designated by an external numbering authority.
15. The RFID transponder of claim 14 , wherein remaining bits of lesser significance of the unique serial number space are encoded with a unique serial number for the object class.
16. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a radio frequency circuit configured to backscatter a return link signal for processing by an RFID interrogator;
control logic; and
a memory,
wherein the memory is configured with a unique object number space, the unique object number space comprising an object class information space and a unique serial number space, and
wherein the unique serial number space is encoded with an allocated block defined by a limited number of most significant bits of the unique serial number space as designated by an external numbering authority.
17. The integrated circuit of claim 16 , wherein remaining bits of lesser significance of the unique serial number space are encoded with a unique serial number for the object class.
18. The integrated circuit of claim 16 , wherein the object class information space is encoded with information comprising a company prefix, an item reference, a partition value, and a filter value.
19. The integrated circuit of claim 16 , wherein the unique object number is a portion of a serialized global trade item number.
20. The integrated circuit of claim 19 , wherein the serialized global trade item number is an EPC SGTIN-96 encoding.