Method and apparatus for tracking one or more plants and/or plant based products and/or tracking the sale of products derived from the same, utilizing RFID technology

1. A system, comprising:

a plurality of RFID buy cards,

wherein each RFID buy card of the plurality of RFID buy cards is associated with a corresponding acquiring entity of a corresponding plurality of acquiring entities, and

wherein each RFID buy card of the plurality of RFID buy cards comprises:

a card body;

an RFID circuit;

wherein the RFID circuit stores ID information specific to the RFID buy card,

wherein the ID information comprises stored biometric data obtained from the acquiring entity associated with the RFID buy card; and

an RFID antenna;

a processor;

a storage element,

wherein the storage element stores information regarding at least one metric with respect to each product of one or more products that are authorized to be transferred to at least one acquiring entity of a plurality of acquiring entities; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

receive from a transferring entity:

ID information specific to either:

(i) an RFID buy card of the plurality of RFID buy cards;

or

(ii) a smartphone or other electronic device,

obtained biometric data obtained by the transferring entity from the acquiring entity associated with the RFID buy card of the plurality of RFID buy cards or associated with the smartphone or other electronic device, where the acquiring is a person; and

a request for authorization to transfer at least one product of the one or more products to an acquiring entity associated with the RFID buy card of the plurality of RED buy cards, or associated with the smartphone or other electronic device, that the ID information was specific to; and

confirm the requested transfer is within a corresponding metric of the at least one metric with respect to the at least one product that is authorized to be transferred to the acquiring entity associated with the RFID buy card of the plurality of the RFID buy cards, or associated with the smartphone or other electronic device, that the ID information was specific to; and

provide the transferring entity an authorization to transfer the at least one product to the acquiring entity associated with the RFID buy card of the plurality of the RFID buy cards, or associated with the smartphone or other electronic device, that the ID information was specific to.

2. The system according to claim 1 ,

wherein execution of the instructions by the processor further causes the processor to:

update the information stored in the storage element based on the authorization provided to the transferring entity.

3. The system according to claim 1 ,

wherein execution of the instructions by the processor further causes the processor to:

report the authorization provided to the transferring entity to a regulatory entity.

4. The system according to claim 1 ,

wherein execution of the instructions by the processor further causes the processor to:

receive product RFID tag information provided from the transferring entity with the request,

wherein the product RFID tag information was acquired from a product RFID tag attached to a package product to be transferred to the acquiring entity; and

report the product RFID tag information to a regulatory entity.

5. The system according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a plurality of product RFID tags,

wherein each product RFID tag of the plurality of product RFID tags comprises:

dynamic data elements,

wherein the dynamic data elements comprise one or more of the following:

tag TID value;

OPCName;

OPC License No.;

Order Date and Day Batch No. for the RFID

tag; and

RFID tag Electronic Product Code (EPC).

6. The system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ID information comprises a fingerprint of the corresponding acquirer of the plurality of acquirers.

7. The system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ID information comprises an iris scan of the corresponding acquirer of the plurality of acquirers.

8. A method of controlling a transfer of one or more products, comprising:

providing a plurality of RFID buy cards,

wherein each RFID buy card of the plurality of RFID buy cards is associated with a corresponding acquiring entity of a corresponding plurality of acquiring entities, and

wherein each RFID buy card comprises:

a card body;

an RFID circuit,

wherein the RFID circuit stores ID information specific to the RFID buy card,

wherein ID information specific to the RFID buy card comprises stored biometric data obtained from the acquiring entity associated with the RFID buy card; and

an RFID antenna;

providing an authorizing system;

wherein the authorizing system comprises:

a processor; and

a storage element,

wherein the storage element stores information regarding at least one metric with respect to each product of one or more products that are authorized to be transferred to at least one acquiring entity of the plurality of acquiring entities; and

upon:

the authorizing system receiving from a transferring entity ID information specific to an RFID buy card of the plurality of RFID buy cards, obtained biometric data obtained by the transferring entity from the acquiring entity associated with the RFID buy card of the plurality of RFID buy cards or associated with the smartphone or other electronic device, where the acquiring is a person; and

a request for authorization transfer to at least one product of the one or more products to the acquiring entity associated with the RFID buy card that the ID information is specific to, and

the authorizing system confirming the requested transfer is within the corresponding at least one metric with respect to the at least one product,

providing the transferring entity an authorization via the authorizing system to transfer the at least one product of the one or more products to an acquiring entity of the plurality of acquiring entities associated with the RFID buy card, upon the transferring entity;

obtaining via an RFID reader the ID information specific to the RFID buy card from the RFID buy card; and

providing the ID information specific to the RFID buy card to the authorizing system along with a request for authorization transfer to at least one product of the one or more products to the acquiring entity associated with the RFID buy card that the ID information is specific to.

9. The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the plurality of acquiring entities is a plurality of persons.

10. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the transfer is a sale,

wherein the product is a plant based product,

wherein the transferring entity is one of a plurality of transferring entities, and

wherein the transferring entity provides a transferring ID associated with the transferring

entity to the authorizing system with the request for authorization of the sale.

11. The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the ID information comprises biometric data.

12. The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the ID information comprises a fingerprint of the corresponding acquirer of the plurality of acquirers.

13. The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the ID information comprises an iris scan of the corresponding acquirer of the plurality of acquirers.

14. The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein one or more RFID buy cards of the plurality of RFID buy cards are one or more battery assisted RFID buy cards.

15. The method according to claim 14 ,

wherein the one or more RFID buy cards of the plurality of RFID buy cards comprise a corresponding plurality of displays, and

wherein each display of the plurality of displays an amount of a product a corresponding acquiring entity can acquire within a certain time frame.

16. The method according to claim 15 ,

wherein the display of the plurality of displays is activated via a button on the corresponding RFID buy card of the plurality of RFID buy cards.

17. The method according to claim 15 ,

wherein the corresponding acquirer enters a password on the RFID buy card prior to the transfer.

18. The method according to claim 14 ,

wherein each RFID buy card of the one or more RFID buy cards of the plurality of RFID buy cards comprise the following:

a memory unit;

a clock; and

a RF communication unit.