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Two-way data communication manager

  • US 5,804,802 A
  • Filed: 02/14/1996
  • Issued: 09/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A distributed system for providing a load/no-load signal for items that have been sorted and conveyed to a plurality of positions in a sorting facility, comprising:

  • a data communication manager associated with each of said positions;

    an input device associated with each of said positions and operative to provide identification data from said items to said corresponding data communication manager; and

    an output device associated with each of said positions and operative to receive a load/no-load signal from said corresponding data communication manager;

    wherein each of said data communication managers is operative to;

    store disposition data received from a host computer;

    receive from said corresponding input device identification data identifying an item that has been sorted and conveyed to the position associated with said corresponding input device;

    determine, based on said identification data and said stored disposition data, whether said item should be loaded into a unit load device for receiving items conveyed to said associated position; and

    provide a load/no-load signal to said corresponding output device, said a load/no-load signal indicating whether said item should be loaded into said unit load device.

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