Wireless pick-and-pack system
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1. An apparatus for requesting the location of items in a storage area, the apparatus comprising:
- a mobile computing device for accessing an entry in a list of items to be selected from item storage subareas within an item storage area, the entry being associated with an item identifier code corresponding to an item storage subarea;
a detecting device for detecting selection by a user of at least one item corresponding to the entry; and
a transmitter communicatively coupled to the mobile computing device for;
transmitting a short-range activation signal corresponding to the item identifier code, the short-range activation signal causing an indicator device associated with the item identifier code and in physical proximity to the short-range activation signal to transmit an indicator signal in response to the short-range activation signal that indicates the location of the corresponding item storage subarea; and
terminating transmission of the short-range activation signal in response to the detecting device detecting selection by the user of the at least one item corresponding to the entry.
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Abstract
Requesting the location of items in a storage area may include accessing an entry in a list of items to be selected from item storage subareas. The entry may be associated with an item identifier code corresponding to an item storage subarea. A short-range activation signal corresponding to the item identifier code may be transmitted. The short-range activation signal may cause an indicator device associated with the item identifier code and in physical proximity to the short-range activation signal to transmit an indicator signal that indicates the location of the corresponding item storage subarea.
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1. An apparatus for requesting the location of items in a storage area, the apparatus comprising:
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a mobile computing device for accessing an entry in a list of items to be selected from item storage subareas within an item storage area, the entry being associated with an item identifier code corresponding to an item storage subarea; a detecting device for detecting selection by a user of at least one item corresponding to the entry; and a transmitter communicatively coupled to the mobile computing device for; transmitting a short-range activation signal corresponding to the item identifier code, the short-range activation signal causing an indicator device associated with the item identifier code and in physical proximity to the short-range activation signal to transmit an indicator signal in response to the short-range activation signal that indicates the location of the corresponding item storage subarea; and terminating transmission of the short-range activation signal in response to the detecting device detecting selection by the user of the at least one item corresponding to the entry. - 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)
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37. A method for requesting the location of items in a storage area, the method comprising:
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accessing an entry in a list of items to be selected from item storage subareas within an item storage area, the entry being associated with an item identifier code corresponding to an item storage subarea; detecting selection by a user of at least one item corresponding to the entry; transmitting a short-range activation signal corresponding to the item identifier code, the short-range activation signal causing an indicator device associated with the item identifier code to transmit an indicator signal in response to the short-range activation signal that indicates the location of the corresponding item storage subarea; terminating transmission of the short-range activation signal in response to detecting selection by a user of the at least one item corresponding to the entry. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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