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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
Océ-technologies B.v., Venlo, NL;
Anne A. Wind, Eindhoven, NL;
Frederik De Jong, Swalmen, NL;
Jacoba A. H. Jansen, Venlo, NL;
Christelle L. E. Harkema, Eindhoven, NL;
OCÉ-TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Venlo, NL;
Abstract
An electronic beacon is used in a print system connected to an at least partially wireless network system. The electronic beacon is linkable to the print job via the network system, placeable on top of, attachable to or insertable in a physical intermediate product or a physical end product resulting from the print job. The electronic beacon includes a switch for activating and deactivating the electronic beacon, a memory for storing a link to the print job, and a signaling device for giving an electronic signal when the print job linked to the electronic beacon is selected on a mobile device connected to the network system. Upon detection that a mobile device and an electronic beacon are in each other's proximity, a link of a print job selected on the mobile device is sent via the network system to the memory of the electronic beacon upon activation of the electronic beacon, a link of a print job stored in the memory of the electronic beacon is sent via the network system to the mobile device, and a link of a print job stored on the electronic beacon is deleted from the memory of the electronic beacon upon deactivation of the electronic beacon.