Home inventory management system and method
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1. A system for maintaining an inventory of items in a facility, comprising:
- (a) an identification tag reader at an entrance portal of the facility, wherein each item has attached thereto an identification tag containing item information about the item, wherein the identification tag reader is for reading item information for each item entering the facility through the entrance portal; and
(b) a computer for maintaining an inventory database of items in the facility, wherein the computer is operatively connected to the identification tag reader and is for receiving the item information from the identification tag reader and for updating the inventory database in accordance with said item information.
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A system for maintaining an inventory of items in a facility. Each item has attached thereto an identification tag containing item information about the item. An identification tag reader at an entrance portal of the facility reads item information for each item entering the facility through the entrance portal. A computer maintaining an inventory database of items in the facility updates the inventory database in accordance with the item information read by the identification tag reader.
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1. A system for maintaining an inventory of items in a facility, comprising:
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(a) an identification tag reader at an entrance portal of the facility, wherein each item has attached thereto an identification tag containing item information about the item, wherein the identification tag reader is for reading item information for each item entering the facility through the entrance portal; and
(b) a computer for maintaining an inventory database of items in the facility, wherein the computer is operatively connected to the identification tag reader and is for receiving the item information from the identification tag reader and for updating the inventory database in accordance with said item information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for maintaining an inventory of items in a facility, comprising the steps of:
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(a) bringing items into the facility through an entrance portal, wherein each item has attached thereto an identification tag containing item information about the item;
(b) reading, with an identification tag reader at the entrance portal, item information for each item entering the facility through the entrance portal; and
(c) updating an inventory database of items in the facility in accordance with said item information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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