US 12,246,547 B2
Provisioning a smart label in a printer
Pankaj Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Vidya Subramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to ROAMBEE Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by ROAMBEE Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/071,560.
Prior Publication US 2024/0173998 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 3/50 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); G06K 17/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 3/50 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); G06K 17/0025 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising
detecting a radio-enabled label by a printer;
by the printer, retrieving an identifier from a list of identifiers stored in a database in communication with the printer;
sending the identifier to a memory of the radio-enabled label; and
by the printer, assigning the identifier to a microcontroller embedded in the radio-enabled label, wherein the microcontroller
identifies whether the identifier corresponds to new information compared to existing information stored in the memory or to information already stored in the memory;
in response to it being determined that the identifier corresponds to new information, stores the identifier in the memory; and
in response to it being determined that the identifier corresponds to information already stored in the memory, disables an active status of the radio-enabled label.