Method and apparatus for associating the movement of goods with the identity of an individual moving the goods
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- obtaining identity information regarding an entity which enters a controlled space; and
automatically associating, using a computer system, the identity information with the addition, removal, return, defective, or other movement or status of objects to/from/within the controlled space.
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Abstract
A tracking system monitors an entity that enters a controlled space and the addition, removal, or other movement or status changes of objects in the controlled space. A computer system, coupled to the tracking system, automatically associates the addition, removal or other movement or status changes of the objects with the identity of the entity and transmits this information to a server computer system. A user may subsequently access this information through one or more client computers coupled to the server computer system. The server computer system may also automatically notify a user or other computer systems, e.g., through a network interface, wireless interface, or telephone interface, when objects in the controlled space have been moved or the status has been changed and/or whether such movement or status change is authorized or not.
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44 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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obtaining identity information regarding an entity which enters a controlled space; and
automatically associating, using a computer system, the identity information with the addition, removal, return, defective, or other movement or status of objects to/from/within the controlled space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 42, 43, 44)
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22. A machine-readable storage medium embodying a sequence of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for automatically associating an identity of an entity with the movement of one or more objects in a controlled-access location, the method comprising:
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identifying, at a controller associated with the controlled-access location, an entity attempting to enter the controlled-access location; and
unlocking a locking mechanism to allow the entity to have access to the controlled-access location provided the entity is authorized to do so, such authorization being determined during or according to the results of the identifying process. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41)
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38. A computer system, comprising:
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a processing unit;
a memory coupled to the processing unit;
a process executed from the memory causing the processing unit to automatically associate an identity of an entity with movement or status changes of objects to/from/within a controlled space.
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