Patents Assigned to Iotera, Inc.
  • Methods for enabling low-power RFID communication
    Patent number: 9367718
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling low-powered RFID communication that includes at an RFID tag listening for a periodic signal containing beacon signals; synchronizing the internal clock to those beacon signals; identifying access points from the beacon signals; selecting an access point; sending a join request to the access point; identifying the tag to the access point; receiving an assigned time slot; and communicating with the access point in that time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: IOTERA, INC.
    Inventors: Ben Wild, Rob Barton
  • METHODS FOR ENABLING LOW-POWER RFID COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20140111313
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling low-powered RFID communication that includes at an RFID tag listening for a periodic signal containing beacon signals; synchronizing the internal clock to those beacon signals; identifying access points from the beacon signals; selecting an access point; sending a join request to the access point; identifying the tag to the access point; receiving an assigned time slot; and communicating with the access point in that time slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Iotera, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Wild, Rob Barton