Securely processing and tracking consumable supplies and consumable material
First Claim
1. A credential production system comprising:
- a consumable supply;
a memory containing a state identifier that defines a state of the supply;
a supply manager configured to access the memory and set the state identifier to one of a production disabled state and a production enabled state; and
a credential production device configured to receive the state of the supply, wherein the credential production device is authorized to process a credential substrate using the consumable supply when the state identifier is set to the production enabled state, and the credential production device is prevented from processing the credential substrate using the supply when the supply identifier is set to the production disabled state.
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Abstract
A credential production system and methods for securely processing a credential substrate and tracking quantities of consumable material using a credentials production system and secured consumable supplies. The system includes a consumable supply and a memory that contains a state identifier that defines a state of the supply. A supply manager is configured to access the memory and set the state identifier to one of a production disabled state and a production enabled state. The system also includes a credential production device that is configured to receive the state of the supply. The credential production device is authorized to process a credential substrate using the consumable supply when the state identifier is set to the production enabled state, and the credential production device is prevented form processing the credential substrate using the supply when the state identifier is set to the production disabled state.
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1. A credential production system comprising:
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a consumable supply;
a memory containing a state identifier that defines a state of the supply;
a supply manager configured to access the memory and set the state identifier to one of a production disabled state and a production enabled state; and
a credential production device configured to receive the state of the supply, wherein the credential production device is authorized to process a credential substrate using the consumable supply when the state identifier is set to the production enabled state, and the credential production device is prevented from processing the credential substrate using the supply when the supply identifier is set to the production disabled state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of securely processing a credential substrate using a consumable supply, the method comprising:
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providing a state identifier that defines the state of a consumable supply, the state identifier contained in a memory;
setting the state identifier to one of a production disabled state and a production enabled state; and
processing a credential substrate when the state identifier is set to the production enabled state. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of tracking quantities of consumable material in a plurality of consumable supplies, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of consumable supplies, each consumable supply including a memory indicating a full amount of consumable material;
using at least a portion of the plurality of consumable supplies in at least one credential production device for use in processing credential substrates; and
programming the memories of each of at least the portion of consumable supplies used in the at least one credential production device, each programmed memory indicating a partial amount of consumable material. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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