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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDavid H. McMurtry, Scott MacKenzie
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A component has three, two-dimensional arrays that each contain three characters of its nine character, alphanumeric serial number. The first three characters of the serial number must be constant for all parts of this type. As a result, the serial number can be divided among the arrays by using the first character as the first digit in the first array, the second character as the first digit in the second array, and the third character as the first digit in the third array. The remaining characters of the serial number are interleaved in the arrays in the following pattern: the fourth and fifth characters are the second and third digits in the first array, the sixth and seventh characters are the second and third digits in the second array, and the eighth and ninth characters are the second and third digits in the third array.
An apparatus, comprising:
A method for encoding the serial number of an apparatus, the serial number having a plurality of order characters and a plurality of unique characters, the method comprising:
A method for encoding the serial number of an apparatus, the serial number having a plurality of order characters and a plurality of unique characters, the method comprising:
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