RFID ENABLED DYNAMIC OBJECT VERIFICATION WITH GTIN DECODED FROM EPC

• US 20100084463A1
• Filed: 10/08/2008
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Rusnak, Christopher, Huang, Qiming
• Granted Patent: US 9,483,748 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/385
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) can be read from RFID labels and tags to verify shipments. The EPCs are decoded to Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs), which are then matched to GTINs of products on a shipping list. If all of the decoded GTINs match and there are no GTINs in the shipment list that are left unmatched, then shipment verification is successful. If some of the decoded GTINs fail to match, the verification process fails with extra, unexpected products. If some of the GTINs in the shipping list are left unmatched, the verification process fails with the missing products.

Claims

1. A method for verifying product shipments, the method comprising:

receiving a first identifier associated with a tag;

determining a second identifier from the first identifier;

determining whether a product identified in a shipment list is physically present based on the second identifier; and

generating information indicative of presence of the product.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the second identifier from the first identifier comprises determining the second identifier from an Electronic Product Code (EPC).

3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the second identifier from the first identifier comprises determining a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) from the first identifier.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the second identifier from the first identifier comprises decoding a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) from an Electronic Product Code.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether the product identified in a shipment list is physically present comprises matching the second identifier to a third identifier associated with the product in the shipment list.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein generating information indicative of the presence of the product comprises displaying a notification indicating that the product is present.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein generating information indicative of the presence of the product comprises displaying a notification indicating that the product is missing.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying a notification indicating that another product associated with second identifier is physically present and not identified in the shipment list.

9. A system for verifying product shipments, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory configured to store a set of instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to;

receive a first identifier associated with a tag;

determine a second identifier from the first identifier;

determine whether a product identified in a shipment list is physically present based on the second identifier; and

generate information indicative of presence of the product.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the processor is caused to determine the second identifier from the first identifier by decoding a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) from an Electronic Product Code.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the processor is caused to determine whether the product identified in a shipment list is physically present by matching the second identifier to a third identifier associated with the product in the shipment list.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the processor is caused to display a notification indicating that the product is present.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the processor is caused to display a notification indicating that the product is missing.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein the processor is further caused to:

display a notification indicating that another product associated with second identifier is physically present and not identified in the shipment list.

15. A computer readable medium configured to store a set of code modules which when executed a processor cause the processor to verify product shipments, the computer readable medium comprising:

code for receiving a first identifier associated with a tag;

code for determining a second identifier from the first identifier;

code for determining whether a product identified in a shipment list is physically present based on the second identifier; and

code for generating information indicative of presence of the product.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the code for determining the second identifier from the first identifier comprises code for determining the second identifier from an Electronic Product Code (EPC).

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the code for determining the second identifier from the first identifier comprises code for determining a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) from the first identifier.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the code for determining the second identifier from the first identifier comprises code for decoding a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) from an Electronic Product Code.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the code for determining whether the product identified in a shipment list is physically present comprises code for matching the second identifier to a third identifier associated with the product in the shipment list.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the code for generating information indicative of the presence of the product comprises code for displaying a notification indicating that the product is present.

21. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the code for generating information indicative of the presence of the product comprises code for displaying a notification indicating that the product is missing.

22. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising:

code for displaying a notification indicating that another product associated with second identifier is physically present and not identified in the shipment list.