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US 12,387,062 · App. 18/663,806 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Systems and methods for encoding and decoding data

Inventors: Rene Martinez (Seattle, WA); Shashidhar Ramamurthy (Seattle, WA); James Peternel (Edmonds, WA)
Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
G06K7/10198
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Patent No.
US 12,387,062
App. No.
18/663,806
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for identifying a radio frequency (RF) tag is illustrated. The method includes receiving a user input pertaining to a data portion to be searched in one or more RF tags and a semantic information associated with the data portion, determining an encoding scheme based on the semantic information associated with the data portion to be searched, encoding the data portion using the determined encoding scheme to generate an encoded data portion, transmitting an interrogation command to the one or more RF tags, and receiving the response signal from the RF tag.

Claims (34)

1. A method for identifying a radio frequency (RF) tag comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a user input pertaining to a data portion to be searched in one or more RF tags and a semantic information associated with the data portion;

determining, by the processor, an encoding scheme based on the semantic information associated with the data portion to be searched;

encoding, by the processor, the data portion using the determined encoding scheme to generate an encoded data portion;

transmitting, by the processor, an interrogation command to the one or more RF tags, wherein the interrogation command comprises the encoded data portion, wherein each of the one or more RF tags determines whether the encoded data portion is included in stored data, wherein the RF tag of the one or more RF tags is configured to transmit a response signal to the interrogation command in an instance in which the stored data includes the encoded data portion; and

receiving the response signal from the RF tag.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data portion comprises a set of characters that represent a service level.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting the interrogation command to the RF tag through an antenna.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein, prior to transmitting the interrogation command, the method further comprises instructing the antenna for transmitting RF signals to the RF tag.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising modulating, by the antenna, the interrogation command on the RF signals.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising receiving the RF signals by each RF tag from the one or more RF tags.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising receiving the interrogation command comprising the encoded data portion by each RF tag from the one or more RF tags.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising comparing, by each RF tag in the one or more RF tags, the encoded data portion with the data portion for determining if the encoded data portion is present in each RF tag from the one or more RF tags.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising, in response to determining that the encoded data portion is present in the RF tag from the one or more RF tags, transmitting, by the RF tag from the one or more RF tags, the response signal to the processor.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein, in response to the reception of the response signal, the method further comprises:

decoding, by the processor, the received response signal; and

notifying an identification of the RF tag of the one or more RF tags.

11. An apparatus for identifying a radio frequency (RF) tag, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

receive a user input pertaining to a data portion to be searched in one or more RF tags and a semantic information associated with the data portion;

determine an encoding scheme based on the semantic information associated with the data portion to be searched;

encode the data portion using the determined encoding scheme to generate an encoded data portion;

transmit an interrogation command to the one or more RF tags, wherein the interrogation command comprises the encoded data portion, wherein each of the one or more RF tags determines whether the encoded data portion is included in stored data, wherein the RF tag of the one or more RF tags is configured to transmit a response signal to the interrogation command in an instance in which the stored data includes the encoded data portion; and

receive the response signal from the RF tag.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the data portion comprises a set of characters that represent a service level.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the interrogation command to the RF tag through an antenna.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein, prior to transmitting the interrogation command, the processor is further configured to instruct the antenna for transmitting RF signals to the RF tag.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the antenna is configured to modulate the interrogation command on the RF signals.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein each RE tag from the one or more RF tags is configured to receive the RF signals.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein each RF tag from the one or more RF tags is configured to receive the interrogation command comprising the encoded data portion.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein each RF tag from the one or more RF tags is configured to compare the encoded data portion with the data portion to determine if the encoded data portion is present in each RF tag from the one or more RF tags.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein, in response to determining that the encoded data portion is present in the RF tag from the one or more RF tags, the RF tag is configured to transmit the response signal to the processor.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein, in response to the reception of the response signal, the processor is further configured to:

decode the received response signal; and

notify an identification of the RF tag of the one or more RF tags.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2024
From: MARTINEZ, RENE; RAMAMURTHY, SHASHIDHAR; PETERNEL, JAMES
To: DATAMAX-O'NEIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067426/0900 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2024
From: DATAMAX-O'NEIL CORPORATION
To: HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 067426/0903 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18341465 · Jun 26, 2023
Continuation 17563639 · Dec 28, 2021
Continuation 16720625 · Dec 19, 2019
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