Patent ID: 8264318
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G06F,H04L,H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A consumable holder for use in an appliance configured to perform an operation cycle related to a consumable in the consumable holder, configured to receive messages, and having a cycle engine to build the operation cycle, the consumable holder having or enabled to acquire information associated with one of itself and the consumable and configured for communication to the appliance in at least one message, wherein the information includes uncompiled data having a description of an ordered collection of steps, actions to be taken by at least one component of the appliance during each step, and conditions under which a current step should transition into a next step in the ordered collection of steps wherein the transition conditions are logic expressions that must be resolvable to a Boolean value, and further comprising a converter configured to transform the information to a cycle structure whereby the appliance can build the operation cycle based on the information upon receipt of the at least one message from the consumable holder, and perform the operation cycle related to the consumable.