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US 8,453,253 B2Granted
Controller device
AssigneeProvo Craft and Novelty, Inc.
InventorsMatthew B. Strong, Paul J. Hepworth, Mark L. Gray, Andrew J. Olsen, Tim Pruss
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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.
Claims18
A method of operating a controller device of an electronic cutting machine, the method comprising:
- writing a controller device identifier to memory of a cartridge storing content used in connection with the electronic cutting machine, the controller device identifier uniquely identifying the controller device from other controller devices;
- writing a cartridge identifier to memory of the controller device, the cartridge identifier uniquely identifying the cartridge from other cartridges;
- and
- permitting communication between the controller device and the cartridge;
- 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;
- allowing execution of the cutting operation after verifying cartridge ownership, wherein verifying cartridge ownership includes:
- identifying each cartridge associated with the content of the design;
- obtaining the cartridge identifier for each identified cartridge;
- and
- searching the memory of the controller device for the cartridge identifier of each identified cartridge;
- and
- wherein execution of the cutting operation is allowed after each cartridge identifier of each identified cartridge is located in the memory of the controller device and after selling a usage right for each identified cartridge having a cartridge identifier absent from the memory of the controller device.
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A method of operating a controller device for an electronic cutting machine, the method comprising:
- prior to utilizing the electronic cutting machine for conducting an act of cutting, conducting steps of:
- writing a controller device identifier to memory of a cartridge, the controller device identifier uniquely identifying the controller device from other controller devices;
- writing a cartridge identifier to memory of the controller device, the cartridge identifier uniquely identifying the cartridge from other cartridges;
- 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 the cartridge identifier for each identified cartridge;
- searching the 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 and after selling a usage right for each identified cartridge having a cartridge identifier absent from the memory of the controller device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.