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(12> Ulllted States Patent
(16) Patent No.:
Hassel
US 6,246,919 B1
(45) Date of Patent:
(54)
PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(73)
Assigneez Siemens AG Munich (DE)
(*)
Notice:
Inventor:
5,153,842 * 10/1992 Dlugos, Sr. et al. .............. .. 700/227 5,491,637 * 2/1996 Kraemer et al. 700/115
Hassel, Erlangen
’
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) (22)
Appl. PCT Filed: NO.Z
Jul. 09/043,003 18, 1996
(86)
PCT No.:
PCT/DE96/01319
W1
Jun. 12, 2001
5,625,816 *T
4/1997 Burdick Nagaoka et....... al. ....
5,654,902 *
8/1997 Scheidt et al.
5,889,674 *
3/1999
. 707/103
..... .. 702/82
Burdick et al. .................... .. 700/121
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
33 13481
9,
10/19s4
(DE) .
478 461
4/1992 (EP) .
495 104 2 703 171
7/1992 (EP). 9/1994 (FR) .
251371621; 1211222 (29,.
§ 102(6) Date: Jul- 9’ 1998
362071085A * WO 93/13966
4/1987 (JP) . 7/1993 (W0).
(87) PCT Pub. NO.Z W097/05577 PCT Pub. Date: Feb. 13, 1997 (30)
‘med by exammer
Foreign Application Priority Data
Jul. 31,
........................................ ..
_
_
_
Primary Examzner—AyaZ Shelkh U
Assistant Examiner_FrantZ
Jean
(51)
Int. c1.7 .................................................... .. G06F 19/00
(7.4) Attorney) Agent) 0’ Fi””—BirCh> Ste/Wm Kolasch 8‘
(52)
US. Cl. ........................ .. 700/116; 700/115; 700/117;
Blrch’ LLP'
(58)
Field of Search ................................... .. 700/115, 116,
700/118; 700/95; 700/121
(57)
700/117, 118, 121, 95
(56)
A permanently read- and Write-enabled but not easily eras
able chip card (C) accompanies a product from manufac turing through recycling. The basic product data are supple
References Cited
mented using read-Write devices (SL1 through SL8).
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,942,534 *
ABSTRACT
7/1990 Yokoyama et al. .................... .. 700/9
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(12> Ulllted States Patent
(16) Patent No.:
Hassel
US 6,246,919 B1
(45) Date of Patent:
(54)
PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(73)
Assigneez Siemens AG Munich (DE)
(*)
Notice:
Inventor:
5,153,842 * 10/1992 Dlugos, Sr. et al. .............. .. 700/227 5,491,637 * 2/1996 Kraemer et al. 700/115
Hassel, Erlangen
’
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) (22)
Appl. PCT Filed: NO.Z
Jul. 09/043,003 18, 1996
(86)
PCT No.:
PCT/DE96/01319
W1
Jun. 12, 2001
5,625,816 *T
4/1997 Burdick Nagaoka et....... al. ....
5,654,902 *
8/1997 Scheidt et al.
5,889,674 *
3/1999
. 707/103
..... .. 702/82
Burdick et al. .................... .. 700/121
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
33 13481
9,
10/19s4
(DE) .
478 461
4/1992 (EP) .
495 104 2 703 171
7/1992 (EP). 9/1994 (FR) .
251371621; 1211222 (29,.
§ 102(6) Date: Jul- 9’ 1998
362071085A * WO 93/13966
4/1987 (JP) . 7/1993 (W0).
(87) PCT Pub. NO.Z W097/05577 PCT Pub. Date: Feb. 13, 1997 (30)
‘med by exammer
Foreign Application Priority Data
Jul. 31,
........................................ ..
_
_
_
Primary Examzner—AyaZ Shelkh U
Assistant Examiner_FrantZ
Jean
(51)
Int. c1.7 .................................................... .. G06F 19/00
(7.4) Attorney) Agent) 0’ Fi””—BirCh> Ste/Wm Kolasch 8‘
(52)
US. Cl. ........................ .. 700/116; 700/115; 700/117;
Blrch’ LLP'
(58)
Field of Search ................................... .. 700/115, 116,
700/118; 700/95; 700/121
(57)
700/117, 118, 121, 95
(56)
A permanently read- and Write-enabled but not easily eras
able chip card (C) accompanies a product from manufac turing through recycling. The basic product data are supple
References Cited
mented using read-Write devices (SL1 through SL8).
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,942,534 *
ABSTRACT
7/1990 Yokoyama et al. .................... .. 700/9
l
3 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets
“l
Additionally, e.g.
Chipcard
_ QA dam
_ QA data
Archive
ChIp card
_ Plantspecific
— test results _ rework
— test results _ rework
Chip curd, e.g., on
- Plant: _spec_|f|c
imprint
sequence,
— record job dot"
‘
manned —
— M999 m SCI'VICG
rework
specifications
sequence, actual _ rework
-
CEFROM
_
lmprlnt _ —- record Job
documentation
— etc.
data
'
~ pl?ce In
— if necessqryn
book
_
i
Plus, e.g.
C088
‘
product
accompanying
reclassification
the Vehlcle
etc.
SL3—\‘ Y
Rework ‘ “ SL4
U.S. Patent
Jun. 12, 2001
Sheet 1 013
U
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r 1
TSMECfVeSh0nO6.nNmwCNUCcPfgpemcQmueroudrl00etcaduUtv0nCO8.mHFOLtC0dnHG
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U\?al‘I
wPP
drm0
rX d.m nm
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23:
53 3 53:1
Service Cord for product — ID
Quality Pass
[Signature] Manufacturing Plant obc
Date 05/01/95
US 6,246,919 B1
wc j
U.S. Patent
E89; I203I
Jun. 12, 2001
no.“E88I
058%2:95 Bob
E@003I
Sheet 2 013
US 6,246,919 B1
mcioaE
38 22:0E? . . I ~ . . . -
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.28 2:0 w>E8< :0rod
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