×

RFID enabled dynamic object verification with GTIN decoded from EPC

  • US 9,483,748 B2
  • Filed: 10/08/2008
  • Issued: 11/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for verifying individual items during loading into a container by a pickup worker of a shipper, the method comprising:

  • at a computer system of the pickup worker, the computer system having a display device, a processor, and a memory, the memory storing an electronic shipping list associated with a shipment, wherein the electronic shipping list itemizes each of a plurality of individual items forming the shipment according to product type using at least a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN), wherein the electronic shipping list exists independently of a list of items loaded into the container, and wherein the electronic shipping list specifies items to be shipped prior to any items being loaded into the container;

    generating a user interface at the display device that indicates whether individual items in the electronic shipping list are present in the container, at least one of the individual items in the electronic shipping list indicated to not be present in the container;

    receiving information read from a tag affixed to an item by one or more tag reading devices associated with the container in response to the pickup worker of the shipper loading the item into the container, wherein the information read comprises a unique identifier associated with the item;

    in response to receiving the information read from the tag affixed to the item, decoding the unique identifier to obtain a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) that uniquely identifies a product type of the item;

    determining, on an item by item basis, that the GTIN of the item matches the GTIN in the electronic shipping list of one of the at least one of the individual items indicated to not be present in the container; and

    modifying the user interface at the display device to indicate that the one of the at least one of the individual items indicated to not be present in the container is present in the container.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×