Patent ID: 8849448

Claim:
A method comprising: electronically reading information stored in an electronic information storage device associated with a container adapted to contain a material adapted to be transferred from the container, using a control system comprising an electronic information reading assembly, where the information includes a material type of the material contained within the container; further using the control system to seek to verify from the information read from the electronic information storage device that the material type of the material contained within the container is a material acceptable for an application; and one of: upon determining from the information read from the electronic information storage device by the electronic information reading assembly that the material type of the material within the container is not acceptable for the application, prevent the material from being transferred from the container; and upon determining from the information read from the electronic information storage device by the electronic information reading assembly that the material type of the material within the container is acceptable for the application, enable the transfer of the material from the container, wherein the control system does not require a physical connection of the container to be sensed.