Access point triangulation for task assignment of warehouse employees
First Claim
1. A method of assigning one or more tasks to a plurality of warehouse. employees, the method comprising:
- receiving an order for an item stored in a warehouse;
determining a location of the item in the warehouse;
determining a current location of each of the warehouse employees based on a strength of a signal from a wireless device assigned to each of the warehouse employees, the signal detected by at least two wireless access points at different location in the warehouse; and
selecting at least one of the warehouse employees to fill the order based on the current location of each of the warehouse employees and the locations of the item.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed to assign one or more tasks to a plurality of warehouse employees. In one embodiment, a method is provided which comprises receiving an order for an item stored in a warehouse. A location of the item in the warehouse can be determined. A current location of each of the warehouse employees can be determined based on a strength of a signal from a wireless device assigned to each of the warehouse employees. The signal can be detected by at least two wireless access points at different location in the warehouse. At least one of the warehouse employees can be selected to fill the order based on the current location of each of the warehouse employees and the locations of the item
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28 Claims
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1. A method of assigning one or more tasks to a plurality of warehouse. employees, the method comprising:
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receiving an order for an item stored in a warehouse;
determining a location of the item in the warehouse;
determining a current location of each of the warehouse employees based on a strength of a signal from a wireless device assigned to each of the warehouse employees, the signal detected by at least two wireless access points at different location in the warehouse; and
selecting at least one of the warehouse employees to fill the order based on the current location of each of the warehouse employees and the locations of the item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine readable medium having stored thereon a series of instructions which, when executed a processor, cause the processor to assigning one or more tasks to a plurality of warehouse employees by:
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receiving an order for an item stored in a warehouse;
determining a location of the item in the warehouse;
determining a current location of each of the warehouse employees based on a strength of a signal from a wireless device assigned to each of the warehouse employees, the signal detected by at least two wireless access points at different location in the warehouse;
selecting at least one of the warehouse employees to fill the order based on the current location of each of the warehouse employees and the locations of the item; and
adding a pick task identifying the item to an individual queue associated with the selected warehouse employee, wherein the contents of the queue are viewable by the selected warehouse employee via the wireless device assigned to the selected warehouse employee. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a plurality of wireless access points, each wireless access point positioned at a different location in a warehouse;
a plurality of wireless devices communicatively coupled with the wireless access points, each wireless device assigned to a different warehouse employee;
a warehouse management system communicatively coupled with the wireless access points and comprising a memory containing instructions which, when executed by the warehouse management system, cause the warehouse management system to assign one or more tasks to the plurality of warehouse employees by receiving an order for an item stored in the warehouse, determining a location of the item in the warehouse, determining a current location of each of the warehouse employees based on a strength of a signal from each wireless device as detected by at least two of the wireless access points, selecting at least one of the warehouse employees to fill the order based on the current location of each of the warehouse employees and the locations of the item, and adding a pick task identifying the item to an individual queue associated with the selected warehouse employee, wherein the contents of the queue are viewable by the selected warehouse employee via the wireless device assigned to the selected warehouse employee. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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