Environment-based RFID IC behavior

    公开(公告)号:US11341837B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US17134729

    申请日:2020-12-28

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    摘要: RFID ICs sense and indicate changes in their surrounding environment, such as changes in temperature, humidity, chemical presence, RF signals, and similar. An RFID IC indicates when a significant environmental change has occurred, for example by adjusting the value of a flag, writing data to memory, transmitting a message to an external entity, exiting a sleep state, and/or responding repeatedly to an inventorying reader. In some cases, RFID IC actively notifies an external entity that a significant environmental change has been sensed. For example, RFID IC may alert the external entity by participating in a special inventory process meant for RFID ICs sending environmental change. The RFID IC may alert the external entity by interjecting itself into an inventory round, re-participating in an inventory round, refraining from entering a sleep state after inventorying, and/or adjusting timing of a scheduled reply to communicate with an RFID reader ahead of schedule.

    Proxy-based reader authentication by trusted authority

    公开(公告)号:US10713453B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US16229171

    申请日:2018-12-21

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    摘要: A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system including an RFID reader and a reader proxy authenticates itself to a verification authority. The proxy receives a proxy challenge from a verification authority and determines a proxy response based on the proxy challenge and a proxy key known to the proxy. The proxy response is then sent to the verification authority along with an identifier for the reader. The reader then authenticates an RFID tag by sending a tag response to the verification authority, which determines whether the reader is authentic based on the authenticity of the proxy response.

    Digital identities for physical items

    公开(公告)号:US10699178B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-30

    申请号:US16137568

    申请日:2018-09-21

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    摘要: RFID technology may be used to provide digital identities for physical items. An RFID IC attached to or integrated into a physical item contains an identifier for the physical item. Digital identity information associated with the item, such as ownership information, history, properties, and the like, may be located on one or more networks. An entity, after authenticating itself and/or the item, may use the identifier to locate, retrieve, and/or update the item's digital identity information on the network.

    Item identification via RFID tag secret

    公开(公告)号:US12086668B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US18316311

    申请日:2023-05-12

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    摘要: A method is provided to determine unique identifiers. A physical item has an RFID integrated circuit (IC) having a unique identifier and a secret. The RFID IC may be configured to provide an identifier portion and a response to a previously sent challenge, where the identifier portion by itself is insufficient to completely identify the IC or item and the response is based on the challenge and the secret. Attempts are made to verify the response using a set of potential secrets determined using the identifier portion. If the response is successfully verified using a certain secret, the secret may then be used to determine one or more other identifier portions. The unique, complete identifier may then be determined from a combination of at least the identifier portions.

    Environment-based RFID IC behavior

    公开(公告)号:US11798392B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17749292

    申请日:2022-05-20

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    摘要: RFID ICs sense and indicate changes in their surrounding environment, such as changes in temperature, humidity, chemical presence, RF signals, and similar. An RFID IC indicates when a significant environmental change has occurred, for example by adjusting the value of a flag, writing data to memory, transmitting a message to an external entity, exiting a sleep state, and/or responding repeatedly to an inventorying reader. In some cases, RFID IC actively notifies an external entity that a significant environmental change has been sensed. For example, RFID IC may alert the external entity by participating in a special inventory process meant for RFID ICs sending environmental change. The RFID IC may alert the external entity by interjecting itself into an inventory round, re-participating in an inventory round, refraining from entering a sleep state after inventorying, and/or adjusting timing of a scheduled reply to communicate with an RFID reader ahead of schedule.

    Enhanced RFID tag authentication
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11361174B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US16871101

    申请日:2020-05-11

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06K7/10 H04L9/32

    摘要: An authentication method includes RFID tags authenticating RFID readers. A tag sends a tag identifier and a reader challenge to a reader in response to one or more commands from the reader. The reader then either derives a response to the reader challenge itself or has a verification authority derive the response. The response may be derived from parameter(s) in the reader challenge, and may be derived using a cryptographic key. The reader then sends the response to the tag along with one or more commands. The tag verifies the response before executing action(s) associated with the command(s).

    Tag-to-tag communication using RFID readers

    公开(公告)号:US10719671B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-21

    申请号:US16035777

    申请日:2018-07-16

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    摘要: Messages may be passed between Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags using RFID readers. A first tag with a message intended for a second tag sends the message to an RFID reader. The reader then determines that the destination of the message is the second tag and sends the message to the second tag. The second tag may confirm receipt of the message by sending a receipt confirmation message to the reader for forwarding to the first tag, and/or the reader may itself confirm that the message was sent to the second tag by sending a transmit confirmation message to the first tag.

    RFID tags with dynamic key replacement
    10.
    发明授权
    RFID tags with dynamic key replacement 有权
    具有动态钥匙更换的RFID标签

    公开(公告)号:US09565022B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-07

    申请号:US14318367

    申请日:2014-06-27

    申请人: Impinj, Inc.

    摘要: A cryptographically-enabled RFID tag stores a primary secret key and derives secondary keys from the primary key. A secondary key may be derived by combining the primary key with one or more other parameters using one or more algorithms. The tag uses a derived secondary key to encrypt or electronically sign a tag response sent to a verifying entity. The verifying entity does not know the derived secondary key, but knows the tag primary key and the parameters and algorithms used to derive the secondary key and can derive all of the potential secondary keys. The verifying entity can then attempt to authenticate the tag or tag response by trying potential secondary keys.

    摘要翻译: 启用加密功能的RFID标签存储主密钥,并从主键导出辅助密钥。 可以通过使用一个或多个算法将主键与一个或多个其他参数组合来导出次要键。 标签使用派生的次要密钥来加密或电子签名发送到验证实体的标签响应。 验证实体不知道派生的辅助密钥,而是知道标签主键以及用于导出辅助密钥的参数和算法,并且可以导出所有潜在的辅助密钥。 然后,验证实体可以尝试通过尝试潜在的次要密钥来验证标签或标签响应。