System for Controlling an Electronic Cutting Machine

• US 20100217428A1
• Filed: 02/22/2010
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Provo Craft and Novelty
• Original Assignee: Provo Craft and Novelty
• Inventors: Pruss, Tim, Strong, Matthew B., Olsen, Andrew J., Hepworth, Paul J., Gray, Mark L.
• Application Number:
  US12/709,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20100217428A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/117
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 5/00 Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 5/005 Computer numerical control means
• CPC Class Codes: B26F 1/38 Cutting-out; Stamping-out
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23049 Control panel serial, RS232 connected to controller
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23417 Read program from pluggable memory card
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25107 Pluggable card, magnetic or smart with configuration data, staying in device
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/36513 Select out of a plurality of programs, patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0185 Product, service or business identity fraud
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements

Abstract

A system for controlling an electronic cutting machine. The system comprises a cartridge having an interfacing connector and memory and a controller device. The controller device comprises a cartridge connector for establishing an electrical connection with the interfacing connector, memory, and a processor executing a controller application. The controller application writes a controller device identifier to the memory of the connected cartridge, writes a cartridge identifier to the memory of the controller device, and permits usage on the controller device of content associated with the cartridge.

Claims

1. A system for controlling an electronic cutting machine, the system comprising:

a cartridge having an interfacing connector and memory; and

a controller device comprising;

a cartridge connector for establishing an electrical connection with the interfacing connector;

memory; and

a processor in communication with the cartridge connector and the controller device memory, the processor executing a controller application, the controller application

writing a controller device identifier to the memory of the connected cartridge,

writing a cartridge identifier to the memory of the controller device, and

permitting usage on the controller device of content associated with the cartridge.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller application accesses the memory of the controller device for installation of the content associated with the cartridge and stores to the controller device memory any uninstalled content associated with the cartridge.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller application writes the controller device identifier to a licensing list stored in the memory of the controller device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller application prevents additional controller device identifiers from being stored to the memory of the cartridge.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the cartridge identifier comprises a cartridge serial number.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller device identifier comprises a controller device serial number.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller application initiates a cutting operation on the controller device for cutting a design on the electronic cutting machine, the design including content associated with at least one cartridge.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the content associated with the cartridge comprises at least one glyph.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the controller application executes the cutting operation after verifying cartridge ownership.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein verifying cartridge ownership comprises:

identifying each cartridge associated with the content of the design;

obtaining the cartridge identifier for each identified cartridge;

searching the memory of the controller device for the cartridge identifier of each identified cartridge; and

allowing execution of the cutting operation after each cartridge identifier of each identified cartridge is located in the memory of the controller device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the controller application uses content metadata of the design for identifying each cartridge associated with the content of the design, the content metadata providing a cartridge identifier for each corresponding portion of the design.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the controller application obtains the cartridge identifier from memory of the controller device.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the controller application obtains the cartridge identifier from an external source in communication with the controller device.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the controller application offers purchase of a usage right of each identified cartridge having a cartridge identifier absent from the memory of the controller device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the controller application allows execution of the cutting operation after selling a usage right for each identified cartridge having a cartridge identifier absent from the memory of the controller device.

16. A system for controlling an electronic cutting machine, the system comprising:

a cartridge having an interfacing connector and memory; and

a controller device comprising;

a cartridge connector for establishing an electrical connection with the interfacing connector;

memory; and

a processor in communication with the cartridge connector and the memory, the processor executing a controller application executing a controller application, the controller application

receiving a cutting operation for cutting a design on the electronic cutting machine, the design including content associated with at least one cartridge;

identifying each cartridge associated with the content of the design;

obtaining a cartridge identifier for each identified cartridge;

searching memory of the controller device for the cartridge identifier of each identified cartridge; and

allowing execution of the cutting operation after each cartridge identifier of each identified cartridge is located in the memory of the controller device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the controller application uses content metadata of the design for identifying each cartridge associated with the content of the design, the content metadata providing a cartridge identifier for each corresponding portion of the design.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the cartridge identifier is obtained from memory of the controller device.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the cartridge identifier is obtained from an external source in communication with the controller device.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the controller application offers purchase of a usage right of each identified cartridge having a cartridge identifier absent from the memory of the controller device.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the controller application allows execution of the cutting operation after selling a usage right for each identified cartridge having a cartridge identifier absent from the memory of the controller device.

22. The system of claim 16, wherein the controller device is configured to receive an instruction to un-pair a paired cartridge, the controller application

removing the controller device identifier from the memory of the cartridge;

and

removing the cartridge identifier from the memory of the controller device.