Method and apparatus for receiving product recall notices using broadcast channel
First Claim
1. A method for receiving product recall notices in a product using broadcast channels comprising:
- determining a recall signaling frequency;
receiving a recall signal on the determined recall signaling frequency;
capturing a recall message from the recall signal when the recall message is targeted to at least one of a simple product, a product that is an assembly or a component in a product that is an assembly;
notifying a user when a recall message is captured;
storing a notice identifier included in the recall message in a substantially permanent manner, wherein the notice identifier is associated with a description of a specific recall campaign, said description being stored remotely from the product or itself comprises a textual description, a numeric description and alphanumeric description or an audible description.
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Abstract
Disclosed are a method and various embodiments thereof for receiving a recall signal by determining a recall signaling frequency; receiving a recall signal on the determined recall signaling frequency; capturing a recall message from the recall signal when the recall message is targeted to at least one of a simple product, a product that is an assembly or a component in a product that is an assembly; notifying a user when a recall message is captured; storing a notice identifier included in the recall message in a substantially permanent manner, wherein the notice identifier is associated with a description of a specific recall campaign, said description being stored remotely from the product or itself being a textual description, a numeric description and alphanumeric description or an audible description.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for receiving product recall notices in a product using broadcast channels comprising:
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determining a recall signaling frequency;
receiving a recall signal on the determined recall signaling frequency;
capturing a recall message from the recall signal when the recall message is targeted to at least one of a simple product, a product that is an assembly or a component in a product that is an assembly;
notifying a user when a recall message is captured;
storing a notice identifier included in the recall message in a substantially permanent manner, wherein the notice identifier is associated with a description of a specific recall campaign, said description being stored remotely from the product or itself comprises a textual description, a numeric description and alphanumeric description or an audible description. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A product notice receiver comprising:
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frequency determination unit that generates a frequency indicator;
detector for receiving a product recall notice signal according to the frequency indicator;
one or more product identification registers that stores one or more product identifiers;
comparator that generates a capture signal when a target address included in the product recall notice signal matches at least one of the product identifiers stored in the one or more receiver identification registers;
notice register that captures a notice type identifier included in the product recall notice signal when it receives a capture signal and wherein the notice type identifier corresponds to a description of a recall campaign that is stored distally from the product notice receiver or comprises at least one of a textual description, a numeric description, an alphanumeric description or an audible description; and
notification unit that provides an indication when the capture signal is active. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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