Systems and methods of beamforming in radio frequency identification applications

U Madhow, BJ Wild, K Ramchandran - US Patent 7,652,577, 2010 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for beamforming in radio frequency identification (RFID)
applications are disclosed. A beamforming system uses a distributed architecture and …

Securing RF transactions using a transactions counter

DS Bonalle, SE Isenberg, PD Saunders… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for securing a Radio Frequency (RF) transaction
using a RF identi? cation device (RFID) transac tion device is provided. The RFID …

System for determining item location based on feedback from fixed radio frequency identification (rfid) readers and/or fixed rfid beacon tags

M Stern, B Bekrisky - US Patent App. 12/369,866, 2010 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0002 Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems have achieved wide
popularity in a number of applications, as they provide a cost-effective way to track the …

Electromagnetic radiation decoupler

CR Lawrence, PR Clarke, JR Brown… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
An electromagnetic radiation decoupler for decoupling radia tion in the Wavelength range
km,” to 7cm”. The decoupler has a? rst conductor layer in contact With a dielectric layer …

Smartcard transaction system and method

DS Bonalle, G Salow - US Patent 7,793,845, 2010 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for facilitating biometric security in a Smartcard reader
transaction system is provided. The method includes determining if a transaction violates an …

Recurrent billing maintenance with radio frequency payment devices

F Bishop, PD Saunders - US Patent 7,725,427, 2010 - Google Patents
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Voiceprint biometrics on a payment device

BW Beenau, DS Bonalle, SW Fields, WJ Gray… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using hand
geometry recognition biomet rics in a transponder-reader system. The biometric security …

Authenticating an RF transaction using a transaction counter

F Bishop, PD Saunders - US Patent 7,705,732, 2010 - Google Patents
OTHER PUBLICATIONS (22) Flled: Dec '9'2004 International Search Report and Written
Opinion of the International Searching Authority, PCT/US05/26067, May 23, 2007.(65) Prior …

Multiple device and/or user association

L Patel, S Shaffer, G Chahrouri, S Sarkar… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
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Methods and systems of tagging objects and reading tags coupled to objects

JR Tuttle - US Patent 7,755,492, 2010 - Google Patents
Methods and systems of tagging objects and reading tags coupled to objects. At least some
of the illustrative embodiments are systems comprising a reading antenna, a tag reader …