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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Mark G. Mackelprang, Cary, NC (US);
Michael J. Maselli, Cary, NC (US);
Robert Richards, Ontario, CA;
Victor Tolomei, Raleigh, NC (US);
Norbert Ruf, Oberottmarshausen, DE;
Wolfgang Meinelt, Augsburg, DE;
Mark G. Mackelprang, Cary, NC (US);
Michael J. Maselli, Cary, NC (US);
Robert Richards, Ontario, CA;
Victor Tolomei, Raleigh, NC (US);
Norbert Ruf, Oberottmarshausen, DE;
Wolfgang Meinelt, Augsburg, DE;
Bell and Howell, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
The progressive tracking of items in relation to other items as they are processed and transformed through a sequence of processes executed in a workflow procedure intended to produce a finished hard copy document product for transport to a destination location, as a result of a production run, enables permission based control of one or more processing steps during the production run and/or effective scheduling of any re-do operations that may be desired upon detection of any discrepancies in the item processing operations.