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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Zachary Nathan Fister, Lexington, KY (US);
Gregory Scott Woods, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., , KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/364 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4295 (2013.01); G06F 12/0661 (2013.01); G06F 12/1433 (2013.01); G06F 13/364 (2013.01); G06F 13/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of setting an address of a component that includes determining a characterization value associated with a consumable, calculating a number of address change operations based upon the characterization value, and setting a last address generated from the number of address change operations as the new address of the component, wherein the characterization value is determined based upon a usage of the consumable.