Smart hybrid card system providing authenticity, privacy, and security (APS)

1. An RFID system, comprising:

a plurality of RAD taps; and

a single RFID reader;

wherein each RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags includes a respective portion of a target data object;

wherein the RFID reader is adapted to read each said portion of the target data object from the respective RFID taps:

wherein the plurality of RFID tags includes first and second RFID taps;

wherein the RFID reader is further adapted to provide a received data object corresponding to the target data object based on first and second portions of the target data object read by the RFID reader;

wherein the RFID reader is adapted to provide the received data object by performing a combination function on at least the first and second portions of the target data object read by the RFID reader; and

wherein the combination function applies a nonlinear invertible shuffler algorithm.

2. The RFID system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of first and second portions of the target data object is stored on a respective RFID tag in encrypted form.

3. The RAD system of claim 2 , wherein the RFID reader is further adapted to decrypt the at least one of the first and second portions of the target data object.

4. The RFID system of claim 1 , wherein a first portion of the target data object is stored on the first RFID tag in a first coded form, and a second portion of the target data object is stored on the second RFID tag in a second coded form.

5. The RFID system of claim 2 , wherein the RFID reader is further adapted to read the first portion of the target data object while in a first read mode corresponding to the first coded form, and is further adapted to read the second portion of the target data object while in a second node corresponding to the second coded form.

6. The RFID system of claim 5 , wherein the first and second portions of the target data object are stored in mutually-orthogonal coded form, and the RFID reader is adapted to read the first and second portions of the target data object in respective first and second orthogonal polarization-sensitive interrogator modes.

7. The RFID system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second RFID tags are disposed on a common substrate.

8. A method of providing an identification function, comprising using a single RFID reader to read one portion of a target data object stored on an RFID tag, wherein the target data object includes a plurality of portions including the one portion, and wherein the plurality of portions includes first and second portions of the target data object, the one portion is a first portion, and the RFID tag is a first RFID tag, further comprising:

using an RFID reader to read a second portion of the target data object stored on a second RFID tag; and

providing received data object corresponding to the target data object based on the first and second portions of the target data object read by the RFID reader;

wherein providing the received data object includes performing a combination function on at least the first and second portions of the target data object read by the RFID reader; and

wherein providing the combination function includes applying a nonlinear invertible shuffler algorithm.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising decrypting at least encrypted components of the first and second portions of the target data object.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising reading the first portion of the target data object while in a first read mode corresponding to a first coded form of the first portion of the target data object, and reading the second portion of the target data object while in a second read mode corresponding to a second coded form of the second portion of the target data object.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first and second coded forms are mutually-orthogonal coded forms, further comprising reading the first and second portions of the target data object in respective first and second orthogonal polarization-sensitive interrogator modes.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first and second RFID tags are disposed on a common substrate.