System for product selection

• US 7,502,627 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2003
• Issued: 03/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: System Application Engineering Incorporated
• Original Assignee: System Application Engineering Incorporated
• Inventors: Parks, James Michael, Altemus, Jeffrey Dean, Sacks, Jerry Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah; Charles N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Peaches; Randy
• Application Number:
  US10/736,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20040128200A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,912 Days
• Field of Search: 455/66.1, 455/563, 455/556.2, 455/556.1
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems

Abstract

The invention is a system for product selection at a location with a wearable mobile computer with memory and a processor, a bar code reader in communication with the wearable mobile computer, a viewing and input component with a display screen and a tactile input device, an audio output device and audio input device, both in communication with the wearable mobile computer, text-to-speech software, voice recognition software, order filling applications software, a printer, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader in communication with the wearable mobile computer, wherein the mobile computer is further adapted to communicate between a user and an order systems server adapted to communicate between the wearable mobile computer and at least one external computer system.

Claims

1. A system for product selection at a location comprising:

a. a wearable mobile computer with a memory and a processor

b. a bar code reader in communication with the wearable mobile computer;

c. a viewing and input component consisting of a member of the group;

i. a display integral with the wearable mobile computer;

ii. a tactile input device in communication with the wearable mobile computer;

iii. a display screen that is a touch screen in communication with the wearable mobile computer; and

iv. combinations thereof;

d. an audio output device in communication with the wearable mobile computer;

e. an audio input device in communications with the wearable mobile computer;

f. text-to-speech software residing in the memory of the wearable mobile computer;

g. a voice recognition software residing in the memory of the wearable mobile computer;

h. order filling applications software residing in the memory of the wearable mobile computer adapted for communicating using the text-to-speech software with a user and receiving communications from the user using the voice recognition software;

i. a printer in communications with the wearable mobile computer;

j. radio frequency identification (RFID) reader in communication with the wearable mobile computer, and

k. wherein the wearable mobile computer is farther adapted for directly communicating with a user and an order system server; and

l. wherein the order systems server is adapted for communicating with at least one external computer system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the bar code reader is either wired or wireless.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable mobile computer is selected from the group:

a handheld computer, a PDA, and a notepad computer.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the display is a member of the group:

LCD display, a plasma display, a monochrome display, and a colored display.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio output device is a member of the group:

a speaker disposed integrally with the wearable mobile computer, a headset with at least one earphone, and an external speaker.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio output device is either wired or wireless.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the tactile input device is either wired or wireless.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the tactile input device is a keyboard.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the text-to-speech software is adapted to convert text to an audio output.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the voice recognition software is adapted to convert an audio signal to text.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the order filling applications software is adapted to manage a process for selecting product.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the radio frequency identification (RFID) reader is in wireless communication with the wearable mobile computer.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the RFID reader is a wireless reader of radio frequency identification data.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the order systems server is selected from the group:

a Personal Computer, a UNIX-based™

server, an NT™

server, a WINDOWS-based™

server, and a LINUX-based server.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the external computer system is selected from the group:

a Personal Computer, a UNIX-based™

server, an NT™

server, a WINDOWS-based™

server, and a LINUX-based server.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein the audio input device is a microphone.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the printer is in wired or wireless communications with the wearable mobile computer.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the word product can mean an object, item, case, containing piece of equipment and any other item that can be selected.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the external computer system is a member of the group:

customer order system, a customer warehouse management system, a loader system server, an inventory control system and combinations thereof.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the external computer is wirelessly connected to the order systems server.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein the order systems server is wireless.