DIGITAL CERTIFICATE ON CONNECTORS AND OTHER PRODUCTS USING RFID TAGS AND/OR LABELS AS WELL AS RFID READER/INTERROGATOR

摘要

The device includes an authorized interrogator, a body, and a transponder attached to the body. The authorized interrogator includes a computer, an input device, an antenna, and a transceiver electrically connected to the antenna so as to form a reader/writer. The input device is used for inputting an authorization level of a user into the authorized interrogator by the user, and the input device is in communication with the computer. The authorized interrogator has preset levels of security corresponding to predefined categories of information. The user's authorization level corresponds to one level of security so that the user can gain access to the corresponding predefined category of information. In a first mode of operation, the transponder accepts information from the authorized interrogator. In a second mode of operation, the transponder delivers information to the authorized interrogator.