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Handheld scanner device with display location database

  • US 9,135,542 B2
  • Filed: 05/25/2012
  • Issued: 09/15/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A handheld scanning system for managing inventory, the system comprising:

  • a scanner configured to read identification symbols on a product;

    a communication interface configured to receive information from a remote information repository;

    a processor coupled to the scanner and to the communication interface;

    a display device coupled to the processor; and

    a memory containing program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause operations to be performed, the operations comprising;

    receive information that represents identification symbols of an inventory item that has been scanned;

    receive information from the scanner, wherein the information received from the scanner indicates a current location on a retail display where the inventory item is located;

    identify a correct location retail display location at which the inventory item should be located in a retail store environment by looking up the correct location in a data store using the information;

    determine, based on a comparison of the correct location and the current location, that the correct location does not match the current location; and

    output for display on the display device, the correct retail display location in response to said determining that the correct location does not match the current location.

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