Systems and methods wherein a consumable item parameter is exchanged between a consumable item and a consuming device

US7072839B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Barry E. Willner · Ossining, US
• Edith H. Stern · Yorktown Heights, US
• Paul A. Moskowitz · Yorktown Heights, US
• Samuel Dinkin · Austin, US
• Philip Yu · Chappaqua, US
• David Greene · Ossining, US
• William Grey · Millwood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 21, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D2007/0442
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided wherein a consumable item parameter is exchanged between a consumable item and a consuming device. According to one embodiment, a consumable item parameter request is transmitted to a device associated with a consumable item, and the consumable item parameter is then received. The device may comprise, for example, the consumable item or a device associated with dispensing the consumable item. The device may also comprise, for example, a device associated with a consumption of the consumable item, a device adapted to control a consumption of the consumable item, or a device that consumes the consumable item.