Techniques for filling orders
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- N location indicators for arrangement throughout a store that includes a plurality of stocked items for picking according to one or more electronic customer orders, wherein each of the N location indicators is configured to transmit a different location signal such that N different location signals are transmitted in the store, wherein the N location signals define M different areas of the store, each of the M areas covered by one or more of the N location signals, and wherein each of the stocked items is associated with one of M different location values, each of the M location values corresponding to one of the M areas; and
a mobile scanning device comprising a display, the mobile scanning device configured to;
store a location map that defines how the M areas are arranged;
store the associations between the stocked items and the M location values;
wirelessly receive an electronic customer order comprising a plurality of ordered items indicating which of the stocked items are to be picked;
detect one or more of the N location signals;
determine a current location value of the M location values based on the one or more detected location signals; and
arrange at least some of the plurality of ordered items on the display based on at least one of the current location value, the location map, and the associations between the stocked items and the M location values.
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Abstract
A system includes N location indicators and a mobile scanning device. The N location indicators are configured to be arranged throughout a store that includes a plurality of stocked items for picking according to one or more electronic customer orders. Each of the N location indicators is configured to transmit a different location signal. The mobile scanning device includes a display. The mobile scanning device is configured to wirelessly receive an electronic customer order comprising a plurality of ordered items indicating which of the stocked items are to be picked, detect at least one of the N location signals, and arrange at least some of the plurality of ordered items on the display based on which of the at least one of the N location signals is detected.
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23 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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N location indicators for arrangement throughout a store that includes a plurality of stocked items for picking according to one or more electronic customer orders, wherein each of the N location indicators is configured to transmit a different location signal such that N different location signals are transmitted in the store, wherein the N location signals define M different areas of the store, each of the M areas covered by one or more of the N location signals, and wherein each of the stocked items is associated with one of M different location values, each of the M location values corresponding to one of the M areas; and a mobile scanning device comprising a display, the mobile scanning device configured to; store a location map that defines how the M areas are arranged; store the associations between the stocked items and the M location values; wirelessly receive an electronic customer order comprising a plurality of ordered items indicating which of the stocked items are to be picked; detect one or more of the N location signals; determine a current location value of the M location values based on the one or more detected location signals; and arrange at least some of the plurality of ordered items on the display based on at least one of the current location value, the location map, and the associations between the stocked items and the M location values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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N location indicators for arrangement throughout a store that includes a plurality of stocked items for picking according to one or more electronic customer orders, wherein each of the N location indicators includes a different readable code, each readable code being associated with a different location value, wherein each of the N location indicators is associated with a different area of the store such that each readable code and associated location value of a location indicator are associated with a respective area of N different areas in the store, and wherein each of the stocked items is associated with one of the N different location values; and a mobile scanning device comprising a display, the mobile scanning device configured to; store a location map that defines how the N areas are arranged; store the associations between the stocked items and the N location values; wirelessly receive an electronic customer order comprising a plurality of ordered items indicating which of the stocked items are to be picked; scan one of the N readable codes; determine a current location value of the N location values based on the scanned readable code; and arrange at least some of the plurality of ordered items on the display based on at least one of the current location value, the location map, and the associations between the stocked items and the N location values. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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