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US 2010/0217427 A1Published application
Controller Device
AssigneeProvo Craft and Novelty, Inc.
InventorsMark L. Gray, Andrew J. Olsen, Paul J. Hepworth, Tim Pruss, Matthew B. Strong
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Abstract
A method of operating a controller device of an electronic cutting machine. The method includes writing a controller device identifier to memory of the cartridge, writing a cartridge identifier to memory of the controller device, and permitting communication between the controller device and the cartridge.
Claims23
A method of operating a controller device of an electronic cutting machine, the method comprising:
- writing a controller device identifier to memory of the cartridge;
- writing a cartridge identifier to memory of the controller device;
- and
- permitting communication between the controller device and the cartridge.
1 more element
A method of operating a controller device for an electronic cutting machine, the method comprising:
- initiating a cutting operation on the controller device for cutting a design on the electronic cutting machine, the design including content associated with at least one cartridge;
- identifying each cartridge associated with the content of the design;
- obtaining a cartridge identifier for each identified cartridge;
- searching memory of the controller device for the cartridge identifier of each identified cartridge;
- and
- allowing execution of the cutting operation after each cartridge identifier of each identified cartridge is located in the memory of the controller device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.