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US 12,572,859 · App. 16/446,771 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Tagging of assets for content distribution in an enterprise management system

Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright (Piqua, OH); Jennifer L. Smith (Clayton, OH); Joshua B. Murphy (Columbus, OH)
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
G06Q10/0631G06Q10/101G06Q50/01H04L65/1073H04L65/403H04L67/10Y02P90/80
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,572,859
App. No.
16/446,771
Filed
Jun 20, 2019
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3624
USPC
705/7.12
Abstract

A content distribution platform may include processing circuitry having a processor and memory. The memory may store a plurality of content items associated with at least one content library. The processor may be configured to enable assignment of tags to the food preparation assets. Each tag may define an association between a respective one of the assets and a characteristic of the respective one of the assets to enable the content distribution platform to distribute the content items on the basis of the tags.

Claims (40)

1 . A content distribution system in an enterprise management network defining a community of members, the system comprising:

a content distribution platform comprising processing circuitry, the content distribution platform hosting a cloud library, the cloud library including a plurality of content items related to food preparation; and

a plurality of ovens in communication with the content distribution platform via the network, each of the ovens comprising a user terminal configured to generate control console interfaces for defining a first recipe to share as one of the plurality of content items and for selecting a second recipe for execution among the plurality of content items,

wherein each of the ovens is associated with a tag,

wherein the tag defines an association between a respective one of the ovens and a characteristic of the respective one of the ovens,

wherein, responsive to a request for one or more of the plurality of content items from a requesting oven, the content distribution platform is configured to distribute one or more of the plurality of content items based on the tag to the oven and at least one other selected oven,

wherein the first recipe is defined at the oven via an instance of the user terminal at the oven and distributed to the at least one other selected oven and selected for execution via an instance of the user terminal at the at least one other selected oven as the second recipe to heat a food product in the at least one other selected oven based on the second recipe, and

wherein at least one of the control interfaces controls the at least one other selected oven to transmit RF energy into a heating chamber of the at the at least one other selected oven responsive to receiving the second recipe, and

wherein at least one of the control console interfaces comprises a recipe box including the first recipe, and a hierarchical listing of ovens at a selected restaurant, along with a listing of restaurants in a selected region among a group of regions such that the first recipe is dragged from the recipe box to one of the ovens in the hierarchical listing of ovens to share the first recipe with only the one of the ovens, to the selected restaurant to share the first recipe with all the hierarchical listing of ovens at the selected restaurant, and to the selected region to share the first recipe with all ovens of the listing of restaurants in the selected region.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the cloud library is a public cloud library available to all of the members of the community.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the cloud library is a private cloud library associated with a particular organization, and

wherein the tag indicates whether the requesting oven is associated with the particular organization and authorized to receive the one or more of the plurality of content items requested.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein some of the plurality of content items are stored in a public cloud library section and others of the plurality of content items are stored in a private cloud library,

wherein the public cloud library section is accessible by all of the members of the community, and

wherein the private cloud library section accessible only by assets associated with a particular organization.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the characteristic is location, function, asset type, or organization.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the tag identifies a specific target for maintenance or a software update.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the tag identifies a specific target for a content item or an offer.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the tag is associated with a group of assets, and wherein all of the assets of the group of assets are associated with the group based on their respective tags.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein, responsive to a request for a service from the requesting oven, the content distribution platform is configured to distribute the service to the requesting oven based on the tag.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the tag is generated by the content distribution platform responsive to extraction of profile information from the respective one of the ovens.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the tag is automatically generated by the content distribution platform in response to receipt of the profile information.

12 . A content distribution platform comprising processing circuitry, the content distribution platform hosting a cloud library, the cloud library including a plurality of content items related to food preparation,

wherein the content distribution platform is configured to communicate with a plurality of ovens via a network, each of the ovens comprising a user terminal configured to generate control console interfaces for defining a first recipe to share as one of the plurality of content items and for selecting a second recipe for execution among the plurality of content items,

wherein each of the ovens is associated with a tag,

wherein the tag defines an association between a respective one of the ovens and a characteristic of the respective one of the ovens,

wherein, responsive to a request for one or more of the plurality of content items from a requesting oven, the content distribution platform is configured to distribute one or more of the plurality of content items based on the tag to the oven and at least one other selected oven,

wherein the first recipe is defined at the oven via an instance of the user terminal at the oven and distributed to the at least one other selected oven and selected for execution via an instance of the user terminal at the at least one other selected oven as the second recipe to heat a food product in the at least one other selected oven based on the second recipe, and

wherein at least one of the control interfaces controls the at least one other selected oven to transmit RF energy into a heating chamber of the at the at least one other selected oven responsive to receiving the second recipe, and

wherein at least one of the control console interfaces comprises a recipe box including the first recipe, and a hierarchical listing of ovens at a selected restaurant, along with a listing of restaurants in a selected region among a group of regions such that the first recipe is dragged from the recipe box to one of the ovens in the hierarchical listing of ovens to share the first recipe with only the one of the ovens, to the selected restaurant to share the first recipe with all the hierarchical listing of ovens at the selected restaurant, and to the selected region to share the first recipe with all ovens of the listing of restaurants in the selected region.

13 . The content distribution platform of claim 12 , wherein the cloud library is a public cloud library available to all members of the community.

14 . The content distribution platform of claim 12 , wherein the cloud library is a private cloud library associated with a particular organization, and

wherein the tag indicates whether the requesting oven is associated with the particular organization and authorized to receive the one or more of the plurality of content items requested.

15 . The content distribution platform of claim 12 , wherein some of the plurality of content items are stored in a public cloud library section and others of the plurality of content items are stored in a private cloud library,

wherein the public cloud library section is accessible by all members of the community, and

wherein the private cloud library section accessible only by assets associated with a particular organization.

16 . The content distribution platform of claim 12 , wherein the characteristic is location, function, asset type, or organization.

17 . The content distribution platform of claim 12 , wherein the tag identifies a specific target for maintenance or a software update, or wherein the tag identifies a specific target for a content item or an offer.

18 . The content distribution platform of claim 12 , wherein the tag is associated with a group of assets, and wherein all of the assets of the group of assets are associated with the group based on their respective tags.

19 . The content distribution platform of claim 12 , wherein, responsive to a request for a service from the requesting oven, the content distribution platform is configured to distribute the service to the requesting oven based on the tag.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2019
From: CARTWRIGHT, RICHARD W.; SMITH, JENNIFER L.; MURPHY, JOSHUA B.
To: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 14363876
Provisional Application 61576560 · Dec 16, 2011
Related Publication 20190303817A1 · Oct 3, 2019
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