RF tag

• US 7,852,198 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2006
• Issued: 12/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Chan, Wai Kwan, Miller, Perry A., Montgomery, Michael Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Benjamin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pham; Quang
• Application Number:
  US11/488,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20080048837A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,610 Days
• Field of Search: 340/10.51, 340/572.1, 340/5.25, 358/1.15
• US Class Current: 340/10.51
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0716 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising a sensor or an interface to a sensor
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag

Abstract

Various embodiments and methods relating to a radio frequency (RF) tag storing custom settings of an electronic device are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transmitting operating data from an electronic device to a radio frequency (RF) tag;

storing the operating data on the RF tag;

recording custom settings including user input custom selections of the electronic device on the RF tag;

removing the tag from the device upon failure of the device;

transmitting the custom settings from the tag to a replacement electronic device; and

recording the custom settings on the replacement device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tag is removable from the device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the tag is wired to the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the tag is configured to permit wireless reading of the custom settings while the device is not operating.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the RF tag contains custom settings and wherein the electronic device is configured to read the custom settings from the tag.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the tag is configured to permit wireless reading of the operating data on the RF tag while the device is not operating.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a printer.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

reading the operating data recorded on the RF tag; and

diagnosing the device based on the operating data read from the RF tag.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating data is selected from a group of data consisting of:

hours of operation, events, failures or errors of the output device, operating temperatures, operating speeds, environmental conditions, shock, vibrations and voltage levels.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a first printer and wherein the replacement device comprises a second printer.