# US 8,752,135 B2 · Notifications in a credential production system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,752,135 B2 - Document ID: US8752135B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/465,521 - Filed: 2006-08-18 - Published: 2007-02-22 - Granted: 2014-06-10 - Earliest claimed: 2005-08-18 - Assignees: Assa Abley AB - Applicants: Kelly R. Nehowig; David T. Gale; Lisa A. Fischer; Keith A. Platfoot; John E. Ekers; Thomas A. Zappe - Inventors: Kelly R. Nehowig; David T. Gale; Lisa A. Fischer; Keith A. Platfoot; John E. Ekers; Thomas A. Zappe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8752135B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/00: Administration; Management - G06F 21/305: {by remotely controlling device operation} - G06F 21/44: Program or device authentication - G06Q 20/341: {Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip} - G06Q 20/355: {Personalisation of cards for use} - G07F 7/1008: {Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract A credential production system includes a credential production device and a computing device in communication with the credential production device. The computing device receives a credential production event from the credential production device. The computing device applies a pre-defined set of rules to the credential production event to determine if the credential production event violates any of the pre-defined set of rules. The computing device performs an action if the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A credential production system comprising: a credential production device that processes credential substrates in accordance with a credential production job and is selected from a group comprising a printing device, a laminating device and an encoding device, wherein the encoding device is configured to record data to a magnetic stripe or write data in a memory chip of the credential substrates; a computing device in communication with the credential production device to send the credential production device the credential production job, the computing device having a pre-defined set of rules and is configured to: receive a credential production event from the credential production device, the credential production event comprising a condition of the credential production device occurring one of before the credential production job is processed, during the processing of the credential production job and after the credential production job is processed; apply the pre-defined set of rules to the credential production event to determine if the credential production event violates any of the pre-defined set of rules; and perform an action if the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The credential production system of claim 1, wherein the credential production event comprises an initiation of a processing of one of the credential substrates. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The credential production system of claim 1, wherein the credential production event comprises a malfunction with the credential production device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The credential production system of claim 1, wherein the action performed by the computing device comprises sending a message to the credential production device to prevent processing of one of the credential substrates. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The credential production system of claim 1, wherein the action performed by the computing device comprises sending a message to a user device indicating that the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The credential production system of claim 1, wherein the action performed by the computing device comprises writing the credential production event into a notification database. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The credential production system of claim 1, wherein the action performed by the computing device comprises: sending a first message to a user device indicating that the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules; sending a second message to the credential production device to prevent processing of a credential substrate; and writing the credential production event into a notification database. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The credential production system of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises a notification database that is configured to contain logged credential production events. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The credential production system of claim 1, wherein the pre-defined set of rules applied by the computing device are based on a date of the credential production event, a time of the credential production event and a type of credential production device that generated the event. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The credential production system of claim 1, wherein performing an action if the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules comprises performing an action if the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined rules and the at least one pre-defined rule has no exceptions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The credential production system of claim 1, wherein the credential production event comprises an indication that the credential production device lacks at least one consumable supply needed to process the at least one credential substrate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The credential production system of claim 1, wherein the credential production device comprises the printing device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The credential production system of claim 1, wherein the credential production device comprises the laminating device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 4) The credential production system of claim 4, wherein the credential production event comprises a condition of the credential production device occurring before the credential production job is processed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 5) The credential production system of claim 5, wherein the user device comprises an administrator device. ### Claim 16 A method of handling credential production events in a credential production system, the method comprising: receiving a credential production event from a credential production device that processes credential substrates in accordance with a credential production job and is selected from a group comprising a printing device, a laminating device and an encoding device, wherein the encoding device is configured to record data to a magnetic stripe or write data in a memory chip of the credential substrates; applying a pre-defined set of rules to the credential production event to determine if the credential production event violates any of the pre-defined set of rules, the credential production event comprising a condition of the credential production device occurring one of before the credential production job is processed, during the processing of the credential production job or after the credential production job is processed; and performing an action if the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein receiving the credential production event comprises receiving the credential production event indicating an initiation of a processing of at least one of the credential substrates. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein receiving the credential production event comprises receiving the credential production event indicating a malfunction with the credential production device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein performing the action if the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules comprises sending a message to the credential production device to prevent processing of at least one of the credential substrates. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein performing the action if the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules comprises sending a message to a user device indicating that the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein performing the action if the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules comprises writing the credential production event into a notification database. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein performing the action if the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules comprises: sending a first message to a user device indicating that the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules; sending a second message to the credential production device to prevent processing of a credential substrate; and writing the credential production event into a notification database. ### Claim 23 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the pre-defined set of rules applied by the computing device are based on a date of the credential production event, a time of the credential production event and a type of credential production device that generated the event. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the credential production event comprises a condition of the credential production device occurring before the credential production job is processed. ### Claim 25 A credential production system comprising: a credential production device that processes credential substrates in accordance with a credential production job and is selected from a group comprising a printing device, a laminating device and an encoding device; a computing device in communication with the credential production device to send the credential production device the credential production job, the computing device having a pre-defined set of rules and is configured to: receive a credential production event from the credential production device, the credential production event comprising a condition of the credential production device occurring one of before the credential production job is processed, during the processing of the credential production job or after the credential production job is processed; apply the pre-defined set of rules to the credential production event to determine if the credential production event violates any of the pre-defined set of rules; perform a plurality of actions if the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules; a user device in communication with the computing device over a network; and wherein one of the actions performed if the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules comprises sending a message to the user device indicating that the credential production event violates at least one of the pre-defined set of rules.