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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsPravin N. Kothari, Mark Steven Amico, Paul Allen Hosier, Khan Lutful Kabir
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A module monitoring system and related method includes a plurality of nodes and a server component. Each node of the plurality of nodes is in operative communication with a network and with at least one RFID attached to a module. Each node of the plurality of nodes is a node type and at least two nodes of the plurality of nodes are different node types. A node of the at least two nodes is a printer-based node and is associated with a printing machine. The node associated with the printing machine is also in operative communication with a local RFID tag attached to a corresponding module. The server component includes a network interface and an analysis component. The network interface is in operative communication with the network and communicates with the at least two nodes utilizing the network. The analysis component utilizes the network interface to communicate with the node such that the analysis component is additionally in operative communication with the local RFID tag attached to the corresponding module. The node associated with the printing machine operatively interrogates the local RFID tag to retrieve information relating to the corresponding module and communicates the information to the server component.
A module monitoring system, the system comprising:
The system according to clam 6, wherein the at least one property of the corresponding module is at least one of an End-Of-Life estimate, a version number, a revision number, a firmware version, a manufacturer source, a model number, a shipping number, a date of manufacture, a lot number, a factory association and a pedigree.
The system according to clam 14, wherein the analysis component orders a replacement printing machine part to negate the increased-wear fault.
A method of monitoring a module, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.