Method of manufacturing recyclable electronic products and electronic products obtained by the method
First Claim
1. A method for manufacturing an electronic product from a plurality of reusable electronic modules (14, 16) operable to transmit and receive wireless messages (36) according to a predefined protocol, each module including description data (40) which describes its capabilities, and wherein at least one module is a primary module (16) operable to establish and coordinate a product intranet, the method comprising:
- providing a product intranet blueprint (50) describing modules required for the product, selecting modules for the product including a primary module based on a modules respective description data and the product blueprint, and establishing a product intranet (100) comprising said selected modules and by which intranet said product at least in part operates.
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing an electronic product comprising modules (14, 16, 18) having a radio communication protocol and communication means (20) is described. The modules comprise description data (40) which, when matched with product blueprint data (50) enable factory selection of the modules for a product. The interconnections between the modules within the product are partially replaced by a radio intranet (100) established by a primary module (16) of the product. The range of the intranet (60) may be constrained substantially within the housing (10, 12) of the product. The modules which may for example be separate display and keypad modules can, at the end of life of the product, be selected for reuse in other products according to respective product blueprint data (50) and their description data (40).
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18 Claims
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1. A method for manufacturing an electronic product from a plurality of reusable electronic modules (14, 16) operable to transmit and receive wireless messages (36) according to a predefined protocol, each module including description data (40) which describes its capabilities, and wherein at least one module is a primary module (16) operable to establish and coordinate a product intranet, the method comprising:
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providing a product intranet blueprint (50) describing modules required for the product, selecting modules for the product including a primary module based on a modules respective description data and the product blueprint, and establishing a product intranet (100) comprising said selected modules and by which intranet said product at least in part operates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12)
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9. An electronic product comprising:
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a housing (10) having a plurality of electronic modules (14,16) each having transceiver means (24) for transmitting and receiving messages (36), and wherein at least one of the modules is a primary module (16) having;
means (16b) for storing a product intranet blueprint; and
means (22,28) for establishing a product intranet according to the blueprint. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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13. An electronic module (14,16) comprising:
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transceiver means (24) for receiving a product intranet blueprint (50), storage means (26) for storing module description data and for storing said blueprint, means (22,28) for establishing a product intranet (100) in accordance with said blueprint. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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- 17. A product intranet blueprint (50) for uploading to a recyclable electronic product, comprising data describing module requirements for said product.
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