	US 12,079,750 B2
	Tiling production of packaging materials
Chris R. Featherstone, Highland, UT (US); Jeffrey Lee Rasmussen, West Jordan, UT (US); Andreas Harnesk, Sandy, UT (US); Ryan Osterhout, West Haven, UT (US); Stefan Karlsson, Salas (SE); Robert Lingstyul, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Clinton P. Smith, Highland, UT (US)
Assigned to Packsize LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Packsize, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/110,075.
Application 17/110,075 is a division of application No. 15/135,059, filed on Apr. 21, 2016, granted, now 10,922,637.
Application 15/135,059 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/761,081, granted, now 10,521,741, issued on Dec. 31, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2014/012124, filed on Jan. 17, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/154,545, filed on Apr. 29, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/754,462, filed on Jan. 18, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0089984 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01)

CPC G06Q 10/06313 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/04 (2013.01); Y02P 90/30 (2015.11)]

16 Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, executed on one or more processors, for universally integrating various systems within a variety of unique packaging production architectures, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at one or more importer modules, an import plugin module, wherein the import plugin module comprises a decision block and one or more action blocks, the one or more_action blocks comprising scripts and/or parameters configured to communicate with different types of packaging stations;

receiving, on a user interface, a selection of a visual depiction of a subset of the one or more action blocks, wherein:

each action block within the subset of the one or more action blocks is configured for a particular type of packaging station and an associated packaging creation request;

receiving, at the one or more importer modules, packaging creation requests, wherein the packaging creation requests comprise:

a first packaging creation request for a first box, and

a second packaging creation request for a second box,

wherein at least one of the first packaging creation request or the second packaging creation request is in a format that is not useable by one or more machine group modules;

translating, using the scripts and/or parameters from the subset of the one or more action blocks, the packaging creation requests into a second format that is readable by one or more staging modules;

receiving, at the one or more staging modules, translated packaging creation requests from the one or more importer modules, wherein the one or more staging modules determine an order in which the translated packaging creation requests are to be processed such that one or more of the translated packaging creation requests are completed prior to a particular time;

identifying within each of the translated packaging creation requests one or more final packaging parameters;

identifying, with one or more selection modules, a particular machine group that is capable of meeting the one or more final packaging parameters, wherein the one or more selection modules identify the particular machine group based on a type of production architectures that is present within the particular machine group, wherein at least one other machine group is associated with a different type of production architecture;

communicating, with the one or more selection modules, through parameters provided by the one or more action blocks, the translated packaging creation orders to the one or more machine group modules that are in communication with the particular machine group; and

producing, with the particular machine group, the first box and the second box.