Patent ID: 8041444
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G05B,G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A production station for processing manufactured products with one or more units that incorporate technology in a skilled area, comprising: a data retrieval component communicatively coupled to a unit of a manufactured product and operative to retrieve data from this unit, the manufactured product comprising at least one unit, including this unit, that incorporates technology in a skilled area; a data access component operative to obtain from a server data associated with the manufactured product, the associated data being substantially instantly accessible to the data access component once written in the server; and a data verification component operative to compare the retrieved data with the obtained data and to generate an output based on the comparison, wherein the production station is configured to assemble the unit wherein assembly of the unit includes, if the obtained data associated with the manufactured product does not include top level product data, generating the top level product data including a top level part number and a top level serial number, and writing the generated top level product data in the server, wherein the output indicates whether this unit should be accepted for processing or not.