US 12,218,715 B2
RFID portal targeting
Scott McMillan, Apex, NC (US); and Thomas J. Frederick, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Assigned to Clairvoyant Technology, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Appl. No. 18/036,830
Filed by Clairvoyant Technology, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/057685
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 12, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/108751, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,438, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0419057 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 5/77 (2024.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 5/77 (2024.01) [G06K 7/10366 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
interrogating a population of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags using an RFID reader;
identifying, based on the interrogating, a targeted tag and a background tag from among the population of RFID tags;
configuring the targeted tag for targeting by transmitting a command to the targeted tag;
monitoring the background tag by reading the background tag at a background rate; and
tracking the targeted tag by reading the targeted tag at an enhanced rate;
wherein the enhanced rate is greater than the background rate.