US Patent Issued to Starbucks on April 22 for "Intelligent and automated RFID-based control system for a display" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,814, issued on April 22, was assigned to Starbucks Corp. (Seattle).

"Intelligent and automated RFID-based control system for a display" was invented by Robert Joseph Tyler (Bainbridge Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, a processor can receive a first sensor signal from an RFID reader indicating that a container is within range of an RFID reader. In response, the processor can transmit a first control signal to the display for causing an identifier for the container to be output on a display. Next, the processor can receive a second sensor signal from the RFID reader indicating that the container is not within...