SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND UPDATING LOCATION CHECK DIGITS

• US 20150032709A1
• Filed: 10/14/2014
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vocollect, Inc. (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vocollect, Inc. (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Maloy, James D., Kusar, Michael, Narayan, Venkatesh, Thorsen, Jeffrey, Mracna, Alexander
• Granted Patent: US 9,235,615 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/699
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24573 using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and program product for generating check data for a location within an area of a workspace include receiving an identifier for a selected location that has check data associated therewith. Candidate check data for use with the selected location is generated. The candidate check data is evaluated for a match against at least one of existing check data for the selected location or check data associated with a related location. Based on the evaluation, a determination is made of whether the candidate check data is acceptable for use for the selected location.

Claims

1. A method of generating check data for a location within an area of a workspace, comprising:

receiving an identifier for a selected location that has check data associated therewith;

receiving an example of excluded check data;

generating candidate check data for use with the selected location;

evaluating the candidate check data for a match against existing check data for the selected location, check data associated with a related location, and/or the excluded check data;

based on the evaluation, determining whether the candidate check data is acceptable for use for the selected location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the related location is determined based upon the identifier of the selected location.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the related location is indicated by the same location identifier as the selected location identifier but for a location in a different area than the selected location.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the related location is indicated by a location identifier that is anagrammatic with respect to the identifier of the selected location and for a location in the same area as the selected location.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the related location is indicated by a location identifier that is different by a single character with respect to the identifier of the selected location and for a location in the same area as the selected location.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising, if no match exists in the evaluation, determining that the candidate check data is acceptable for use for the selected location and if a match exists, determining that the candidate check data is unacceptable for use for the selected location.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising, if the candidate check data is unacceptable, generating further candidate check data for evaluation.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving an input indicative of a sequence of candidate check data; and

generating candidate check data for the selected location from the sequence.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising indexing through the sequence of candidate check data each time candidate check data is determined as acceptable or unacceptable for selecting the next available candidate check data in the sequence.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising storing the acceptable candidate check data in memory for the selected location.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processing unit; and

a memory;

program code resident in the memory, the program code configured to be executed by the at least one processing unit for;

receiving an identifier for a selected location that has check data associated therewith;

receiving an example of excluded check data;

generating candidate check data for use with the selected location;

evaluating the candidate check data for a match against existing check data for the selected location, check data associated with a related location, and/or the excluded check data;

based on the evaluation, determining whether the candidate check data is acceptable for use for the selected location.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the program code is configured to determine a related location based upon the identifier of the selected location.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the related location is indicated by the same location identifier as the selected location identifier but for a location in a different area than the selected location.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the related location is indicated by a location identifier that is anagrammatic with respect to the identifier of the selected location and for a location in the same area as the selected location.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the related location is indicated by a location identifier that is different by a single character with respect to the identifier of the selected location and for a location in the same area as the selected location.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the program code is configured, if no match exists in the evaluation, for determining that the candidate check data is acceptable for use for the selected location, and if a match exists, for determining that the candidate check data is unacceptable for use for the selected location.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the program code is configured, if the candidate check data is unacceptable, for generating another candidate check data for evaluation.

18. A method of generating check data for a location within an area of a workspace, comprising:

receiving an identifier for a selected location that has check data associated therewith;

receiving an example of excluded check data;

generating candidate check data for use with the selected location;

evaluating the candidate check data for a match against existing check data for the selected location and/or the excluded check data;

based on the evaluation, determining whether the candidate check data is acceptable for use for the selected location.

19. The method of claim 18, comprising, if no match exists in the evaluation, determining that the candidate check data is acceptable for use for the selected location and if a match exists, determining that the candidate check data is unacceptable for use for the selected location.

20. The method of claim 18, comprising, if the candidate check data is unacceptable, generating further candidate check data for evaluation.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein if the candidate check data is found unacceptable for a certain number of times, stopping the check data generation process.

22. The method of claim 18, comprising storing the acceptable candidate check data in memory for the selected location.