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US 7,272,466 B2Granted
Electronic ID's for printed products
AssigneeQuad/Graphics, Inc.
InventorsWilliam T. Graushar, John C. Geres, Edward J. Anderson
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electronic ID coupled to printed products.
Claims12
A method of processing printed products comprising:
- creating an assembly of printed products;
- programming an electronic ID with a unique identifier;
- coupling the electronic ID to an end board of the assembly;
- obtaining the unique identifier from the electronic ID;
- and
- correlating the unique identifier with a source of information relating to the printed products, wherein the unique identifier is stored in a look-up table and information related to the assembly is stored in the look-up table and associated with the unique identifier.
3 more elements
A method of processing printed products comprising:
- creating an assembly of printed products;
- programming an electronic ID with a unique identification number;
- coupling the electronic ID to an end board of the assembly;
- reading the unique identification number from the electronic ID;
- and
- correlating the unique identification number with information, relating to the printed products, contained in a database, wherein the unique identifier is stored in a look-up table and information related to the assembly is stored in the look-up table and associated with the unique identifier.
3 more elements
A method comprising:
- generating an assembly of printed products;
- removably securing an electronic ID to an end board of the assembly;
- reading the electronic ID to obtain a unique identifier;
- and
- processing the assembly based on the unique identifier, wherein the unique identifier is stored in a look-up table and information related to the assembly is stored in the look-up table and associated with the unique identifier.
2 more elements
A method comprising:
- generating an assembly of printed products;
- securing an electronic ID to the assembly;
- and
- reading the electronic ID to obtain processing instructions for the assembly, wherein the electronic ID is removably secured to an end board of the assembly.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- generating an assembly of printed products;
- identifying the assembly with an electronic ID;
- reading the electronic ID;
- comparing the electronic ID to information stored in a database;
- obtaining a processing instruction for the assembly based on the information stored in the database for the electronic ID;
- and
- processing the assembly based on the instruction, wherein the electronic ID is removably secured to an end board of the assembly.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.