Machine associating method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for identifying one of several different machines from within a facility for which information is to be presented via a wireless information device (WID), the method for use with a facility having a location identifying system capable of generally identifying WID location within the facility, the facility also including a wireless information system for transmitting information to a WID, a controller linked to the wireless information system and including a controller memory and a plurality of machines, machine information stored in the controller memory, the method comprising the steps of:
- assigning machine identifiers to each facility machine;
determining WID location within the facility;
identifying machines to be associated with the WID;
presenting machine identifiers corresponding to at least two of the identified machines;
receiving a selection indication via the WID indicating one of the visually presented machine identifiers;
accessing machine information corresponding to the selected machine identifier; and
presenting the accessed machine information via the WID.
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Abstract
A method for identifying a machine from within a facility for which information is to be presented via a wireless information device (WID), the method including the steps of assigning machine identifiers to each facility machine, determining WID location within the facility, presenting machine identifiers corresponding to machines associated with the WID location to the WID user, receiving a selection indication via the WID indicating one of the visually presented machine identifiers, accessing machine information corresponding to the selected machine identifier, transmitting the accessed machine information to the WID and presenting the accessed machine information via the WID.
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69 Claims
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1. A method for identifying one of several different machines from within a facility for which information is to be presented via a wireless information device (WID), the method for use with a facility having a location identifying system capable of generally identifying WID location within the facility, the facility also including a wireless information system for transmitting information to a WID, a controller linked to the wireless information system and including a controller memory and a plurality of machines, machine information stored in the controller memory, the method comprising the steps of:
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assigning machine identifiers to each facility machine; determining WID location within the facility; identifying machines to be associated with the WID; presenting machine identifiers corresponding to at least two of the identified machines; receiving a selection indication via the WID indicating one of the visually presented machine identifiers; accessing machine information corresponding to the selected machine identifier; and presenting the accessed machine information via the WID. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for identifying one of several different machines from within a facility for which information is to be presented via a wireless information device (WID), the method for use with a facility having a location identifying system capable of generally identifying WID location within the facility, the facility also including a wireless information system for transmitting information to a WID, a controller linked to the wireless information system and including a controller memory and a plurality of machines, machine information stored in the controller memory, the method comprising the steps of:
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assigning machine identifiers to each facility machine; assigning machine zones to at least a sub-set of the machines within the facility where each machine zone corresponds to a space within the facility in which it is suitable for a WID user to access information for an associated machine; storing the WID identifiers and correlated machine zones in the controller memory; determining WID location within the facility; accessing the machine zones within the controller memory and identifying if the WID is within at least one machine zone; where the WID is within at least one machine zone, identifying an identifier sub-set including machine identifiers associated with each zone in which the WID currently resides; transmitting the identifier sub-set to the WID; and presenting the identifier sub-set to the WID user. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A method for identifying one of several different machines from within a facility for which information is to be presented via a wireless information device (WID), the method for use with a facility having a location identifying system capable of generally identifying WID location within the facility, the facility also including a wireless information system for transmitting information to a WID, a controller linked to the wireless information system and including a controller memory and a plurality of machines, machine information stored in the controller memory, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining WID location within the facility; identifying a sub-set of the facility machines proximate the WID location; and presenting the machine sub-set via the WID. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A method for identifying one of several different machines from within a facility for which information is to be presented via a wireless information device (WID), the method for use with a facility having a location identifying system capable of generally identifying WID location within the facility, the facility also including a wireless information system for transmitting information to a WID, a controller linked to the wireless information system and including a controller memory and a plurality of machines, machine information stored in the controller memory, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) assigning machine identifiers to each facility machine; b) determining WID location within the facility; c) generating a machine identifier sub-set of machine identifiers corresponding to machines associated with the WID location; d) presenting a machine identifier sub-set to the WID user; e) repeating steps b through d to update the presented identifier sub-set as a function of WID location. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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Specification