Remote Object Individualization With Limited-Use Marking Files
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Solution Overview
Problem
Potential buyers often cannot obtain individually manufactured items due to their limited availability and high demand, especially during events where they are produced, such as author readings or concerts, making it difficult to distribute personalized items to interested parties.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for individualizing objects using a digital or analog customization device, creating a unique marker, generating a marking file for one-time or limited reproduction, and issuing a certificate of authenticity, allowing for personalized items to be created and distributed remotely.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If individualized items are produced during events (e.g., author readings, concerts), then the items have high uniqueness and value, but the availability is very limited and distribution is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates digital copies (marking files) of the original marker that can be distributed to multiple locations. The original marker created during the event is digitized and replicated as marking files that can be transmitted via networks to individualization devices at various locations, enabling multiple copies of individualized items to be produced from a single original event.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a digital file as an intermediary between the original marker created during the event and the final individualized items. The marking file serves as a mediator that carries the essential information from the original marker to the individualization device, enabling remote reproduction without requiring physical presence at the event location.
2Reliability
If individualized items are produced at a specific time and place, then the items have high authenticity and value, but potential buyers cannot obtain them due to limited availability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical/physical system of direct personalization at the event location with a digital system. Instead of requiring buyers to be physically present at the event to receive personalized items, the system uses digital file transmission over networks to deliver marking files to individualization devices, making the process accessible to anyone with network connectivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single-location, time-bound personalization process to a multi-location, time-independent process by introducing the digital dimension. The marking file can be transmitted and stored, allowing individualization to occur at different times and locations while maintaining the connection to the original event through the digital representation.
3Reliability
If the original marker is created by a well-known personality in real-time, then the item gains high value and uniqueness, but the process cannot be reproduced indefinitely
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates digital copies of the original marker that can be reproduced indefinitely. The marking file contains all necessary information to recreate the personalization, allowing the same high-value marker to be applied to multiple items at different locations and times without requiring the original creator's repeated presence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs the digitization and file preparation in advance, creating a ready-to-use marking file that can be transmitted and applied later. This preliminary digital preparation enables the original marker's value to be captured and preserved in a form that can be reproduced on demand without requiring the original creation event to be repeated.
4Ease of operation
If a digital file is transmitted from a remote location to an individualization device, then distribution to wide audience is enabled, but transmission time and network dependency increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent prepares the marking file in advance at the event location and makes it available for transmission. This preliminary preparation allows the file to be queued and transmitted efficiently once network connectivity is available, reducing actual transmission delays and enabling batch processing of multiple files.
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AI summary
A method for individualizing an object (10) is proposed, comprising: a) providing an object (10) to be individualized and a digital or analog individualization device (9) configured and controllable for individualizing the object (10); b) generating an original marking (3) and a digital file (5) corresponding to this original marking (3); c) generating, based on said file (5), a marking file (7) with information relating to the object (10) and the original marking (3), wherein the marking file (7) is designed for the one-time or limited-number reproduction of the original marking (3) or of an embodiment (17) representing the original marking (3) in an inseparable connection with the object (10) to be individualized by controlling the individualization device (9);d) controlling the individualization device (9) by means of the marking file (7) so that a reproduction (12) of the original marking (3) or an embodiment (17) representing the original marking (3) is generated in an inseparable connection with the object (10) to be individualized; e) creating a digital certificate of authenticity (14) linked to both the file (5) and the individualized object (11); f) issuing the individualized object (11) together with the certificate of authenticity (14) and optionally together with the file (5);