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US 2002/0163661 A1Published application
Providing user-accessible information from a consumable
OwnerRigby Jacobs Heusinkveldinventor
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Abstract
A consumable for a device in communication with a host device comprising of a housing, a nonvolatile memory wherein consumable-related information is originally stored, and a communication interface for facilitating communication wherein the host device accesses consumable-related information through the device.
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A consumable for a device in communication with a host device, said consumable comprising:
- a housing;
- a nonvolatile memory;
- consumable-related information originally stored on said nonvolatile memory;
- and
- a communication interface for facilitating communication with said device, wherein said host device accesses said consumable-related information through said device.
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A method for providing consumable-related data to a user of an office automation system comprising the steps of:
- storing said consumable-related data onto a memory disposed on a consumable;
- interfacing said consumable with said office automation system;
- selecting said consumable-related data;
- transmitting said selected consumable-related data to said office automation system;
- and
- presenting said transmitted consumable-related data to said user.
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A processing system comprising:
- means for controlling functions of said processing system;
- means for originally storing consumable-oriented information on a consumable of said processing system;
- means for selecting portions of said consumable-oriented information;
- means for communicating said consumable-oriented information from said consumable to said means for controlling;
- and
- means for providing said selected portions of said consumable-oriented information to a user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.