Tobacco product stamping machine interface

• US 7,933,674 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2008
• Issued: 04/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Velociti Alliance North America Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Velociti Alliance North America Incorporated
• Inventors: Froehlich, Richard, Driskill, David, Morrison, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Crawford; Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE
• Application Number:
  US12/053,039
• Publication Number:
  US 20080168378A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,131 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 700/117
• CPC Class Codes: B41K 3/62 Details or accessories

Abstract

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine. In one embodiment, the user interface includes a visual representation of a batch of tobacco product containers. The visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch. The visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to provide a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine, wherein the user interface comprises:

a visual representation of a batch of tobacco product containers;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch; and

wherein the indication of a plurality of tobacco product types comprises a presentation of the tobacco product types organized based on an anticipated sequence in which the product types are to be processed by the tobacco product stamping machine.

2. A computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to provide a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine, wherein the user interface comprises:

a visual representation of a batch of tobacco product containers;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch; and

wherein the user interface dynamically updates the indication of the number of containers of the first tobacco product type, and wherein dynamically updating comprises dynamically updating to reflect stamping by the tobacco product stamping machine of containers of the first tobacco product type.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein dynamically updating further comprises dynamically updating to reflect stamping activity by multiple different stamp heads associated with the tobacco product stamping machine.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein dynamically updating further comprises dynamically updating to reflect application of multiple different tax authority stamps to containers of the first tobacco product type.

5. A computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to provide a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine, wherein the user interface comprises:

a visual representation of a batch of tobacco product containers;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch; and

wherein the user interface is configured to dynamically update the indication of the number of containers of the first tobacco product type such that the number reflects only containers of the first tobacco product type that have not yet been processed by the tobacco product stamping machine.

6. A computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon that, when executed. cause a computing device to provide a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine, wherein the user interface comprises:

a visual representation of a batch of tobacco product containers;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch; and

wherein the user interface is configured to dynamically update the indication of the number of containers of the first tobacco product type so as to reflect only containers that have been processed by the tobacco product stamping machine.

7. A computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon that. when executed, cause a computing device to provide a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine, wherein the user interface comprises:

a visual representation of a batch of tobacco product containers;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch; and

wherein the visual representation further comprises an indication of a number of containers of a second tobacco product type included in the batch, the second tobacco product type being different than the first tobacco product type.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the indication of the first tobacco product type and the indication of the second tobacco product type are displayed in an order that is indicative of which tobacco product containers are to be processed first by the tobacco product stamping machine.

9. A computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to provide a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine, wherein the user interface comprises:

a visual representation of a batch of tobacco product containers;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch; and

wherein the indication of the number of containers of the first tobacco product type is a sum of the number of containers of the first tobacco product type included in plurality of different orders.

10. A computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to provide a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine, wherein the user interface comprises:

a visual representation of a hatch of tobacco product containers;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch; and

wherein the batch of tobacco product containers comprises containers derived from a first order and containers derived from a second order.

11. A computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to provide a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine, wherein the user interface comprises:

a visual representation of a batch of tobacco product containers;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch; and

wherein the user interface further comprises a listing of individual tobacco product containers included in the batch.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user interface dynamically updates the listing so as to provide an indication of when individual cartons in the listing are assumed to have been processed by the tobacco product stamping machine.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user interface dynamically updates the listing so as to remove cartons from the listing that are assumed to have been processed by the tobacco product stamping machine.

14. A computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to provide a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine, wherein the user interface comprises:

a visual representation of a batch of tobacco product containers;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch; and

wherein the indication of a plurality of tobacco product types comprises at least one pictorial representation of information printed on the outside of a tobacco product container.

15. A computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to provide a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine, wherein the user interface comprises:

a visual representation of a batch of tobacco product containers;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch; and

wherein the indication of a plurality of tobacco product types comprises at least one trademark as printed on the outside of a tobacco product container.

16. A computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to provide a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine, wherein the user interface comprises:

a visual representation of a batch of tobacco product containers;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch;

wherein the visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch; and

wherein the indication of a plurality of tobacco product types comprises at least one color image representing information printed on the outside of a tobacco product container.