Christopher P Delaney

US Patent:

8082556, Dec 20, 2011

Filed:

Dec 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/959592

Inventors:

Ali Aiouaz - Mission Viejo CA, US
Christopher S. Delaney - Irvine CA, US

Assignee:

Impinj, Inc. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 9/54
G06F 13/42

US Classification:

719328, 340 11, 340 125, 340 1326

Abstract:

The present disclosure provides a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader software structure and method. A functionality of a reader engine is extended, enabling it to communicate via an extended standard Application Programming Interface (API) with an application software. The extended functionality supports a Partner Service Module that resides in the reader, thus allowing at least one of its Partner Software Functions to communicate with the application software over a single connection.