System and Method for Inventory
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1. A method for conducting an inventory of items at a site, comprising:
- moving, by a human operator, a mobile device to a first location within the site, the mobile device comprising an RFID interrogator;
interrogating, by the RFID interrogator, RFID transponders affixed to inventory items and one or more transponders placed at specified locations within the retail or wholesale site;
providing, by the mobile device, a signal to the human operator upon occurrence of one or more of the following conditions;
(i) items previously at the first location are missing;
(ii) items previously at another location are present at the first location; and
(iii) all items at the first location have been accounted for.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for conducting an inventory of items at a retail or wholesale site include affixing RFID transponders to items and a computer-assisted inventory procedure determines which items are present at the retail or wholesale location, and the locations of these items, and provides instructions to operators as to how to proceed with the inventory.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for conducting an inventory of items at a site, comprising:
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moving, by a human operator, a mobile device to a first location within the site, the mobile device comprising an RFID interrogator; interrogating, by the RFID interrogator, RFID transponders affixed to inventory items and one or more transponders placed at specified locations within the retail or wholesale site; providing, by the mobile device, a signal to the human operator upon occurrence of one or more of the following conditions; (i) items previously at the first location are missing; (ii) items previously at another location are present at the first location; and (iii) all items at the first location have been accounted for. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of performing inventory management, the method comprising:
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determining a weight of a plurality of items at a first time; affixing an RFID transponder having a known weight to each of the plurality of items; determining, at a second time, a total weight of a subset of the plurality of items having the RFID transponders affixed thereto; calculating a weight difference between the weight at the first time and the weight at the second time; determining, based on the calculated weight difference, possible combinations of items missing at the second time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A system for verifying an inventory of items at a site, the system comprising:
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an RFID interrogator; RFID transponders affixed to inventory items and one or more transponders placed at specified locations within the retail or wholesale site; wherein RFID interrogator is in communication with a central software host system, and is configured to signal to a human operator upon occurrence of one or more of the following conditions; (i) items previously at the first location are missing; (ii) items previously at another location are present at the first location; and (iii) all items in that location have been accounted for. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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