METHOD OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A method of managing an inventory of a consumable substance stored in a portable container, comprising:
- sensing at least an indication of an attribute of the substance;
generating data from said sensing; and
providing a notification based on the generating.
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Abstract
A method of managing an inventory of a consumable substance stored in a portable container including sensing at least an indication of an attribute of the substance and generating data from said sensing. The method may further provide generating a notification based on the generating, such as by applying a notification trigger rule, receiving data including the indication of the attribute of the substance, evaluating the notification trigger rule using the data, and selectively generating an access notification based on the evaluating. The method may include sensing or generating in association with a container access event. The method may include associating an identifier with one of a container, a sensor or a substance. A system implementing this and other inventory management methods is also disclosed.
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55 Claims
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1. A method of managing an inventory of a consumable substance stored in a portable container, comprising:
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sensing at least an indication of an attribute of the substance; generating data from said sensing; and providing a notification based on the generating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of managing an inventory of a consumable substance stored in a container wherein the managing is partially associated with accessing the container during an access event initiated by an accessor, the method comprising:
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sensing an indication of an attribute of the substance in response to an access event and generating access data including at least the indication in response to the sensing. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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