Patent ID: 7859412

Claim:
A module monitoring system, the system comprising: a plurality of nodes, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes is configured to operatively communication with a network and is further configured operatively communication with at least one RFID tag attached to a module, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes being a node type of a plurality of node types and at least two nodes of the plurality of nodes being different node types, wherein a node of the at least two nodes is in operative communication with a local RFID tag attached to a corresponding module and the node is a printer-based node associated with a printing machine; and a server component, comprising: a network interface in operative communication with the network and configured to communicate with the at least two nodes; and an analysis component configured to utilize the network interface to communicate with the node associated with the printing machine such that the analysis component is in operative communication with the local RFID tag attached to the corresponding module, wherein the node associated with the printing machine operatively interrogates the local RFID tag to retrieve information relating to the corresponding module and operatively communicates the information to the server component.