Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for identifying a sales channel

US6494562B1 · kind B1 · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 1, 1999
Grant dateDec 17, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 1, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1823
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a replaceable printing component for use in a printing system having at least one replaceable printing component. The replaceable printing component is of the type sold through a plurality of sales channels. The replaceable printing component includes a radio frequency link for receiving information indicative of a particular sales channel of a plurality of sales channels. Also included in the replaceable printing component is an electrical storage device for storing information indicative of the particular sales channel. The electrical storage device provides information indicative of the particular sales channel for reordering the replaceable printing component.

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