Method of processing a ticket order
First Claim
1. A method of processing a ticket order for a plurality of articles to be supplied from a vendor to a retailer, the ticket order being placed by a client, the ticket order requesting the production of an identification tag for each of the plurality of articles, wherein each identification tag is provided with a unique identification code, each of the plurality of articles having business information between the vendor and retailer associated therewith, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving the ticket order for the plurality of articles,(b) associating a unique identification code for each identification tag, and(c) cross-referencing, and storing on at least one computer-readable medium, the unique identification code for each identification tag with the business information relating to the corresponding article.
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Abstract
A method of processing a ticket order requesting the production of an identification tag for an article of commerce can be accomplished in the following manner. In the first step, a ticketing services provider receives the ticket order placed by the client, the ticket order including, inter alia, order information (e.g., purchase order information) with respect to the article to which the tag is to be affixed. Having received the order, the ticketing services provider associates a unique identification code, such as an automatically-retrievable electronic product code (EPC), with the identification tag (e.g., by programming the IC chip of an RFID tag with the unique identification code). In turn, a file is stored in an electronically-accessible database which links the unique identification code for the ID tag with the order information for the article to which the tag is to be affixed. In this manner, the client can retrieve the order information relating to each individual article of commerce that it produces. The ability to track order information for individual articles of commerce is useful in, among other things, anti-counterfeit, anti-diversion, inventory management and article return applications.
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1. A method of processing a ticket order for a plurality of articles to be supplied from a vendor to a retailer, the ticket order being placed by a client, the ticket order requesting the production of an identification tag for each of the plurality of articles, wherein each identification tag is provided with a unique identification code, each of the plurality of articles having business information between the vendor and retailer associated therewith, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving the ticket order for the plurality of articles, (b) associating a unique identification code for each identification tag, and (c) cross-referencing, and storing on at least one computer-readable medium, the unique identification code for each identification tag with the business information relating to the corresponding article. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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