US 11,983,588 B2
Systems and methods for associating assets with unique identifiers corresponding to identification tag-bearing labels that are designed to be affixed to the assets
Adam Meaux, Milwaukee, WI (US); Zachary Van Dam, Grafton, WI (US); and Quinn Thomas Stephan, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Assigned to Brady Worldwide, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by Brady Worldwide, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,337.
Prior Publication US 2023/0351138 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/0723 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10009 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for associating assets with unique identifiers (UIDs) corresponding to identification (ID) tag-bearing labels that are designed to be affixed to the assets, comprising:
a printing system comprising an ID tag reader; and
a computing system operated by a supplier of a plurality of assets and communicatively coupled to the printing system, the computing system comprising a processor, memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
receive an asset definition file from a purchasing entity that will purchase the plurality of assets from the supplier, wherein the asset definition file comprises information corresponding to the plurality of assets;
display the information to a user of the computing system;
receive user input selecting an asset and requesting that an ID tag-bearing label be printed for the selected asset;
send one or more commands to the printing system in response to receiving the user input, the one or more commands causing the ID tag reader in the printing system to read an ID tag from an unprinted label and thereby determine a UID associated with the ID tag, the ID tag being selected from the group consisting of a near-field communication (NFC) tag and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, and the one or more commands additionally causing the printing system to print asset information corresponding to the selected asset on the unprinted label to thereby create a printed label that can be affixed to the asset;
receive the UID associated with the ID tag from the printing system;
in response to receiving the UID, update a data record that is associated with the selected asset in the asset definition file with the UID associated with the ID tag; and
send the plurality of assets and an updated asset definition file comprising the updated data record to the purchasing entity.