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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Marc R. Matsen, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian K. Ramberg, Everett, WA (US);
Gloria J. Nickson, Pacific, WA (US);
David B. Blackwell, Seattle, WA (US);
Mahesh G. Seetharamu, Bangalore, IN;
Rajesh Doda, Renton, WA (US);
Everett Westerman, Auburn, WA (US);
Karl L. Johnson, Seattle, WA (US);
Marc R. Matsen, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian K. Ramberg, Everett, WA (US);
Gloria J. Nickson, Pacific, WA (US);
David B. Blackwell, Seattle, WA (US);
Mahesh G. Seetharamu, Bangalore, IN;
Rajesh Doda, Renton, WA (US);
Everett Westerman, Auburn, WA (US);
Karl L. Johnson, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for configuration management in an article of manufacture disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for documenting a configuration of an article of manufacture includes an identifier positioned on the article of manufacture. A local positioning system is used to determine a positional location of the identifier on the article of manufacture. A multifunction apparatus configured to interactively communicate with the identifier and the local positioning system is present that is operable to communicate configuration information to the identifier.