Patent ID: 11960950
Assignee: BELL LUMBER & POLE COMPANY
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A method for associating tracking information with a lamp pole, the method comprising:
providing a blank tag for the lamp pole; and
providing an apparatus for forming information into the blank tag to access tracking information for the lamp pole including:
a memory circuit including data stored thereon in machine readable format, the data including information to access the tracking data for the lamp pole;
a light source including a light source control circuit operable to operate the light source; and
a processor circuit operably coupled to the memory circuit and the light source control circuit, the processor circuit being configured to operate the light source, wherein the processor circuit executes instructions to (i) retrieve from said memory circuit said information to access the tracking data for said lamp pole, and (ii) operate said light source to form at least one character into a surface of the blank tag, said at least one character being encoded with said information to access the tracking data relating to said lamp pole; and

forming a marked tag from the blank tag by way of the apparatus by forming at least one character on the blank tag using the light source of the apparatus, the at least one character being encoded with said information to access the tracking data for said lamp pole to permit an observer to retrieve information about the lamp pole after the lamp pole has been installed.