Component tagging with maintenance related information in open and closed formats
First Claim
1. A method for storing maintenance information on an electronically-accessible tag that is coupled to an article, the method comprising:
- storing first maintenance information in a first format and second maintenance information in a second format in the electronically-accessible tag, the first format being open to general access and the second format being closed to general access.
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Abstract
A method for maintaining a complex article, including retrieving maintenance information relating to maintenance of a component of a complex article from an electronically-accessible tag coupled to the component and applying the retrieved maintenance information to a determination regarding maintenance of the complex article. A device including a complex article including a first component and a second component, the first and second components being one of individually replaceable and maintainable. The first component is tagged with a first tag that stores first computer accessible information including a first identifier identifying the first component and first maintenance information describing maintenance of the first component. The second component is tagged with a second tag that stores second computer accessible information including a second identifier identifying the second component and second maintenance information describing maintenance of the second component.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for storing maintenance information on an electronically-accessible tag that is coupled to an article, the method comprising:
storing first maintenance information in a first format and second maintenance information in a second format in the electronically-accessible tag, the first format being open to general access and the second format being closed to general access. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronically-accessible tag, comprising:
memory that comprises first maintenance data of a first format and second maintenance data of a second format, the first format being open to general access and the second format being closed to general access, the electronically-accessible tag being coupled to an article. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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