Bar code identification and record assembly
First Claim
1. A bar code identification and record assembly suitable for associating an identification code with a code recipient and for maintaining an independent record of the identification code associated with the code recipient, comprising:
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a patch releasably disposed on the carrier element before being adhered to the code recipient, wherein the patch is provided with an adhesive coating such that the patch is adherable to the code recipient after the patch is removed from the carrier element, wherein the patch comprises a bar code image which stores information comprising the identification code, and wherein the bar code image can be remotely interrogated to obtain the identification code; and
a data record disposed on the carrier element separate from the patch such that the data record is retained on at least a portion of the carrier element after the patch is removed from the carrier element, said data record including information which comprises a copy of the identification code such that, after the patch is removed from the carrier element and adhered to the code recipient, at least the portion of the carrier element bearing said data record can be separately stored from the code recipient bearing the patch to provide a tangible, separate record of the identification code associated with the code recipient.
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Abstract
A bar code identification record assembly suitable for associating an identification code with a code recipient and for maintaining an independent record of the identification code associated with the code recipient. The assembly includes a carrier element, a patch, and a data record. The patch is releasably disposed on the carrier element. The patch is provided with an adhesive coating, such that the patch is adherable to the code recipient after the patch is removed from the carrier element. The patch also comprises a bar code image which stores information comprising the identification code. The bar code image can be remotely interrogated to obtain the identification code. The data record is disposed on the carrier element at a position separate from the patch such that the data record is retained on at least a portion of the carrier element after the patch is removed from the carrier element. The data record includes information which comprises a copy of the identification code such that, after the patch is removed from the carrier element and adhered to the code recipient, the carrier element bearing the data record can be separately stored. The separately stored carrier element thereby provides a tangible separate record of the identification code associated with the code recipient. If desired, the information can also be transferred to and stored in a computer database.
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43 Claims
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1. A bar code identification and record assembly suitable for associating an identification code with a code recipient and for maintaining an independent record of the identification code associated with the code recipient, comprising:
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a carrier element; a patch releasably disposed on the carrier element before being adhered to the code recipient, wherein the patch is provided with an adhesive coating such that the patch is adherable to the code recipient after the patch is removed from the carrier element, wherein the patch comprises a bar code image which stores information comprising the identification code, and wherein the bar code image can be remotely interrogated to obtain the identification code; and a data record disposed on the carrier element separate from the patch such that the data record is retained on at least a portion of the carrier element after the patch is removed from the carrier element, said data record including information which comprises a copy of the identification code such that, after the patch is removed from the carrier element and adhered to the code recipient, at least the portion of the carrier element bearing said data record can be separately stored from the code recipient bearing the patch to provide a tangible, separate record of the identification code associated with the code recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of providing a system suitable for associating an identification code with a code recipient and maintaining an independent record of the identification code associated with the code recipient, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing an identification system comprising (i) a carrier element; (ii) a patch releasably disposed on the carrier element before being adhered to the code recipient, wherein the patch is provided with an adhesive coating such that the patch is adherable to the code recipient after the patch is removed from the carrier element, wherein the patch comprises a bar code image which stores information comprising the identification code, and wherein the bar code image can be remotely interrogated to obtain the identification code; and (iii) a data record disposed on the carrier element separate from the patch such that the data record is retained on at least a portion of the carrier element after the patch is removed from the carrier element, said data record including information which comprises a copy of the identification code such that, after the patch is removed from the carrier element and adhered to the code recipient, the carrier element bearing said data record can be separately stored from the code recipient bearing the patch to provide a tangible, separate record of the identification code associated with the code recipient; (b) removing the patch from the carrier element; (c) adhering the patch to the code recipient, and (d) storing the carrier element in a location separate from the code recipient to thereby provide a separate record of the identification code associated with the code recipient. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of providing a centralized system suitable for associating a plurality of identification codes with a plurality of corresponding code recipients and maintaining a record of which identification code is associated with each code recipient, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing an identification system comprising a carrier element; (i) a patch releasably disposed on the carrier element before being adhered to the code recipient, wherein the patch is provided with an adhesive coating such that the patch is adherable to the code recipient after the patch is removed from the carrier element, wherein the patch comprises a bar code image which stores information comprising the identification code, and wherein the bar code image can be remotely interrogated to obtain the identification code; and (ii) a data record disposed on the carrier element separate from the patch such that the data record is retained on at least a portion of the carrier element after the patch is removed from the carrier element, said data record including information which comprises a copy of the identification code such that, after the patch is removed from the carrier element and adhered to the code recipient, the carrier element bearing said data record can be separately stored from the code recipient bearing the patch to provide a tangible, separate record of the identification code associated with the code recipient; (b) removing the patch from the carrier element; (c) adhering the patch to the code recipient; and (d) inputting a code recipient record into the database in a manner such that the identification code can be used to access said record. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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Specification