# US 10,872,308 B2 · System and method of transferring textile-tool information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,872,308 B2 - Document ID: US10872308B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/568,357 - Filed: 2016-04-15 - Published: 2018-09-27 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-20 - Assignees: Groz-Beckert KG - Applicants: Groz-Beckert KG - Inventors: Miroslav Svejda; Eric Schöller - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10872308B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders - G06K 7/1417: {2D bar codes} - G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling - G06Q 10/083: Shipping - G06Q 10/0832: Special goods or special handling procedures, e.g. handling of hazardous or fragile goods - G06Q 10/0833: Tracking - G06Q 30/0631: {Recommending goods or services} - G06Q 30/0635: {replenishment orders; recurring orders} - G06Q 50/04: Manufacturing - Y02P 90/30: Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A method and an equivalent system of transferring information (9, 12) relating to textile tools—preferably to knitting-machine and felting needles—from a tool sales organisation (1) to the tool user (2) is described and claimed. With this system, each type of textile tool is provided with a name (5) by the tool sales organisation (1), wherein •a software system books orders (4) from tool users (2), •at least one identification device (27) is provided with which quantities of textile tools are provided with labels (8), •the software system can activate the identification device (27), which assigns labels (8) that do not contain the name (5), •a forwarding system (7) is provided, •an information carrier (10) is provided, which is accessible to the tool user (2) and on which information (9, 12, 19) concerning the quantity of textile tools is assigned to the label (8). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of transferring information relating to textile tools from a tool sales organisation to a the tool user, in which at least one textile-tool type is provided in each case with at least one name by the tool sales organisation, the method comprising: providing, in response to receipt of an order process initiated by the tool user, a quantity of textile tools of this type with at least one label, said label one or more of differing from the at least one name and not containing the at least one name; the label being specific to one or more of the tool user, the order process, a factory and a batch; the quantity of textile tools ordered in the order process being forwarded to the tool user; the at least one label being provided with the quantity of textile tools for identification thereof, the quantity of textile tools being free of the name, the label featuring an identification code; the tool sales organisation granting the tool user access to an information carrier; and information concerning the quantity of textile tools being assigned to the identification code on this information carrier. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein at least two tool users, who are being supplied with quantities of any one textile-tool type, are supplied with differently labelled quantities of the textile-tool type. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1 wherein the quantity of textile tools is one of: a single textile tool, a parcel of textile tools, and a package containing a quantity of textile tools furnished with the label. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the tool user communicates requirements pertaining to the textile tool to the tool sales organisation one of before the order process and during the order process; and, the tool sales organisation one of proposes a tool from among the existing tool types and sees to the development of a suitable new tool. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the information carrier assigns information pertaining to different types of needles to different labels. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the information is read out from the information carrier electronically. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the information is one or more of read out from and written into the information carrier via one of electrical and electronic telecommunication means. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the information is written into the information carrier by one or more of the tool user and the tool sales organisation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein information pertaining to the production process for the textile products of the tool user is stored in the information carrier. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the identification code is read electronically. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the identification code one or more of contains a barcode, includes an RFID tag, and contains a Data Matrix code. ### Claim 12 A system of transferring information relating to textile tools from a tool sales organisation to a tool user, the system comprising: a software system, wherein the software system includes at least one processor and memory configured to store software associated with the software system, wherein the software system is configured to record the material flow within the tool sales organisation to assign at least one name to tool types, and to book orders from tool users; at least one identification device, with which quantities of textile tools can be provided with labels that contain an electronically readable identification code; an identification device of the at least one identification device is configured to be activated by the software system, which is set in such a way that the identification device is configured to furnish the quantities of textile tools with labels, which do not contain the name; a forwarding system with which the quantity of textile tools can be shipped to the tool user, the label being sent together with the quantity of textile tools; and an information carrier, which is accessible to the tool user and on which information concerning the quantity of textile tools is assigned to the identification code. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system according to claim 12, wherein the information carrier is one or more of: part of the computer system of the tool user, a website of the tool user or of the tool sales organisation, and a portal of one of the tool user and the tool sales organisation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The system according to claim 12, wherein the information carrier can be set in such a way that it can only be read by one or more of the tool user and the tool sales organisation with at least one additional password. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The system according to claim 12, wherein the information carrier is set in such a way as to grant one or more of persons employed by the tool user and the tool sales organisation to fulfil an obligation, or one or more of vicarious agents of the tool user and the tool sales organisation to fulfil the obligation, different degrees of access to information pertaining to the quantity of textile tools, said degrees of access depending on levels of authorisation. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The system according to claim 12, comprising at least one readout system for the tool user, with which the identification code can be read.