Computer software, firmware, hardware and embedded systems for use with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and readers; RFID data carriers, RFID systems, namely, RFID tags and RFID tag readers; RFID tracking systems and devices, namely, RFID transponders, RFID chips and RFID storage devices and authenticating systems using RFID transponders, RFID readers and associated computer programs and embedded software to verify the validity of a request or the identity of a person or the genuineness of an object