IP Library Patent Application 15458419
Patent Application
App. No. 15/458,419

MEMORY FOR A PRINTING MATERIAL CARTRIDGE

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App. No.
15/458,419
Abstract

In one example, an article for a printing material cartridge, comprising a memory including a first memory address to store a single identifier identifying a fleet of printers.

Claims (14)

1 . An article for a printing material cartridge, comprising a memory including a first memory address to store a single identifier identifying a fleet of printers.

2 . The article of claim 1 , where the first memory address is a write once then read only memory address.

3 . The article of claim 2 , comprising a single identifier identifying a fleet of printers stored in the first write once then read only memory address.

4 . The article of claim 1 , where the memory includes a second memory address to store a prompt therein that when read by a printer controller prompts the printer controller to write a single printer identifier to the first memory address.

5 . The article of claim 4 , where the first memory address is a write once then read only memory address and the second memory address is a write once read only memory address.

6 . An article for a printing material cartridge, comprising a memory storing an identifier identifying a fleet of printers authorized to use the cartridge.

7 . The article of claim 6 , where the memory stores a prompt that when read by a printer prompts the printer to write the fleet identifier to the memory.

8 . The article of claim 7 , where the fleet identifier and the prompt are stored in the memory at different addresses.

9 . The article of claim 8 , where the fleet identifier is a single identifier identifying a fleet of printers.

10 . An article for a printing material cartridge, comprising a memory including a first write once then read only memory address to store a single identifier identifying a fleet of printers and a second write once read only memory to store a prompt therein that when read by a printer controller prompts the printer controller to write a single fleet identifier to the first memory address.

11 . The article of claim 10 , where the memory includes a memory controller to enable the exchange of information between the memory and a printer controller when a cartridge with the memory is installed in a printer.

12 . The article of claim 10 , comprising a single identifier identifying a fleet of printers stored in the first memory address.

13 . The article of claim 12 , where the second address is a single bit memory location that is in an unwritten state representing a no prompt value or a written state representing a prompt value.

14 . The article of claim 13 , where the first address is a 16 bit memory location that is in an unwritten state representing a no identification value or a written state with an identification value representing the fleet identifier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2017
From: JERAN, PAUL
To: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.; HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
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