System and method for monitoring inventory amounts and locations
First Claim
1. System and method for monitoring exact product inventory amounts and locations comprising:
- A reusable, programmable tag operating to provide location and amount information packets for a given item; and
A software program operating to process information packets providing users and other information systems instant location and amount information for specific inventory items
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Abstract
System and method for monitoring exact product inventory amounts and locations with a reusable, programmable tag operating to provide digital location and amount information packets for a given item, and a software program operating to process the digital information packets providing individuals and other systems instant location and amount information for a specific item. A preferred embodiment includes a removable tag device comprised of temperature, weight sensing, radio frequency identification, memory and central processing devices. The tag operates to capture the then current weight, location and temperature of the item it is affixed to and creates a digital information packet including the identification, current weight, location and temperature of the item it is attached to. The digital information packet is transmitted at the request of the software program or at such a time the item has changed locations The preferred embodiment further includes a software program which converts the digital information packets to calculate the location and amount of all inventoried items within a company'"'"'s storage, manufacturing, transportation and retail facilities. The software program can be integrated with external systems using a neutral file format for import and export. The software program can be used to indicate the location and amount of all inventoried items within a company'"'"'s storage, manufacturing, transportation and retail facilities to an individual or existing information systems.
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20 Claims
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1. System and method for monitoring exact product inventory amounts and locations comprising:
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A reusable, programmable tag operating to provide location and amount information packets for a given item; and
A software program operating to process information packets providing users and other information systems instant location and amount information for specific inventory items - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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12. A system and method for monitoring exact product inventory amounts and locations as claimed in 1 further comprising of a software program operating to communicate that information with individuals and existing information programs.
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