ELECTRONIC BEACON, USE OF THE ELECTRONIC BEACON, A PRINT SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ELECTRONIC BEACON AND A METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC BEACON IN A PRINTED PRODUCT PRODUCTION PROCESS
First Claim
1. An electronic beacon for localizing a physical intermediate product in a printed product production process, the printed process production process comprising production modules for producing physical intermediate products and/or physical end products according to a print job for the printed product production process, wherein the electronic beacon is digitally assignable to the print job and is placeable on top of, attachable to or insertable in a physical intermediate product resulting from the print job or a physical end product resulting from the print job, the electronic beacon comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a localization request issued by a mobile device;
a signaling device configured to provide an electronic signal when the localization request is received by the receiver;
a proximity detector configured to detect if a mobile device is in the proximity of the electronic beacon in order to assign a print job to the mobile device or to the electronic beacon;
a transmitter for sending an assignment request for removing an assignment of the print job from the electronic beacon and for adding an assignment of the print job to a mobile device, which is determined to be in the proximity of the electronic beacon by the proximity detector, and for sending an assignment request for removing an assignment of the print job from a mobile device which is determined to be in the proximity of the electronic beacon by the proximity detector, and for adding an assignment of the print job to the electronic beacon; and
a switch configured to deactivate the electronic beacon,wherein upon deactivation of the electronic beacon by the switch the assignment request is sent by the transmitter.
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Abstract
An electronic beacon is used in a print system connected to an at least partially wireless network system. The electronic beacon is linkable to the print job via the network system, placeable on top of, attachable to or insertable in a physical intermediate product or a physical end product resulting from the print job. The electronic beacon includes a switch for activating and deactivating the electronic beacon, a memory for storing a link to the print job, and a signaling device for giving an electronic signal when the print job linked to the electronic beacon is selected on a mobile device connected to the network system. Upon detection that a mobile device and an electronic beacon are in each other'"'"'s proximity, a link of a print job selected on the mobile device is sent via the network system to the memory of the electronic beacon upon activation of the electronic beacon, a link of a print job stored in the memory of the electronic beacon is sent via the network system to the mobile device, and a link of a print job stored on the electronic beacon is deleted from the memory of the electronic beacon upon deactivation of the electronic beacon.
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1. An electronic beacon for localizing a physical intermediate product in a printed product production process, the printed process production process comprising production modules for producing physical intermediate products and/or physical end products according to a print job for the printed product production process, wherein the electronic beacon is digitally assignable to the print job and is placeable on top of, attachable to or insertable in a physical intermediate product resulting from the print job or a physical end product resulting from the print job, the electronic beacon comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive a localization request issued by a mobile device; a signaling device configured to provide an electronic signal when the localization request is received by the receiver; a proximity detector configured to detect if a mobile device is in the proximity of the electronic beacon in order to assign a print job to the mobile device or to the electronic beacon; a transmitter for sending an assignment request for removing an assignment of the print job from the electronic beacon and for adding an assignment of the print job to a mobile device, which is determined to be in the proximity of the electronic beacon by the proximity detector, and for sending an assignment request for removing an assignment of the print job from a mobile device which is determined to be in the proximity of the electronic beacon by the proximity detector, and for adding an assignment of the print job to the electronic beacon; and a switch configured to deactivate the electronic beacon, wherein upon deactivation of the electronic beacon by the switch the assignment request is sent by the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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