US 11,714,399 B2
Systems and methods for end-to-end article management
Graham Page, Alameda, CA (US); Anthony Perez, Foster City, CA (US); Angelique Dietz, Alameda, CA (US); Charles Rogers, Durham, NC (US); Abolfazl Aghanouri, Alameda, CA (US); Subra Goparaju, Greensboro, NC (US); and Demitri Balabanov, Greensboro, NC (US)
Assigned to The North Face Apparel Corp., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by The North Face Apparel Corp., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,759.
Application 17/730,759 is a continuation of application No. 16/684,478, filed on Nov. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,409,267.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/768,506, filed on Nov. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0326695 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); D06B 1/04 (2006.01); D06C 27/00 (2006.01); D06M 10/02 (2006.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01); D06H 3/02 (2006.01); D06P 7/00 (2006.01); D06H 7/22 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/41865 (2013.01) [D06B 1/04 (2013.01); D06C 27/00 (2013.01); D06H 3/02 (2013.01); D06M 10/02 (2013.01); D06P 7/00 (2013.01); G05B 19/182 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0621 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 50/04 (2013.01); D06H 7/221 (2013.01); D10B 2401/021 (2013.01); G05B 2219/36199 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45196 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for attribution and/or traceability, the method comprising:
receiving order data associated with one or more first consumer orders;
disposing one or more unique identifiers on at least a portion of a material, wherein the one or more unique identifiers represent article data comprising at least a portion of the order data;
processing, via one or more manufacturing processes, a component forming at least a portion of an article and concealing at least a portion of the one or more unique identifier, wherein the article data represented by the one or more unique identifiers is updated based on each manufacturing process to comprise information associated with a respective manufacturing process, wherein at least one of the one or more manufacturing processes comprises:
receiving information indicating locations for application of a material on a surface of the component; and
selectively disposing, using digital printing or digital extrusion and based on the locations, the material only at the locations, whereby the material is not disposed on at least a portion of the component.