Concepts for identifying an asset sort location
First Claim
1. A system for associating a sorted asset with a sort location, the system comprising:
- a user device configured to be carried by a user; and
one or more location devices associated with a sort location, wherein each of the one or more location devices comprises;
a location device memory; and
one or more location device computer processors configured to;
store location data indicative of the identity of the sort location; and
transmit at least a portion of the location data to the user device; and
the user device comprising;
a user device memory; and
one or more user device computer processors configured to;
receive asset identifier data from an asset indicia, wherein the asset indicia is associated with an asset;
store the asset identifier data corresponding to the asset; and
upon being brought within a communication area associated with the sort location, receive the transmitted portion of the location data from the one or more location devices; and
after receiving at least a portion of the location data transmitted from the one or more location devices, transmit the asset identifier data and the location data.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for associating a sorted asset with a sort location, the system comprising:
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a user device configured to be carried by a user; and one or more location devices associated with a sort location, wherein each of the one or more location devices comprises; a location device memory; and one or more location device computer processors configured to; store location data indicative of the identity of the sort location; and transmit at least a portion of the location data to the user device; and the user device comprising; a user device memory; and one or more user device computer processors configured to; receive asset identifier data from an asset indicia, wherein the asset indicia is associated with an asset; store the asset identifier data corresponding to the asset; and upon being brought within a communication area associated with the sort location, receive the transmitted portion of the location data from the one or more location devices; and after receiving at least a portion of the location data transmitted from the one or more location devices, transmit the asset identifier data and the location data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for associating a sorted asset with a sort location, the system comprising:
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one or more location devices associated with a sort location; and a user device configured to be carried by a user, the user device comprising; a user device memory; and one or more user device computer processors configured to; receive asset identifier data from an asset indicia, wherein the asset indicia is associated with an asset; store the asset identifier data corresponding to the asset; and upon being brought within a communication area associated with the sort location, transmitting at least a portion of the asset identifier data to the one or more location devices; each of the one or more location devices comprising; a location device memory; and one or more location device computer processors configured to; store location data indicative of the identity of the sort location; receive at least a portion of the asset identifier data transmitted from the user device; and after receiving at least a portion of the asset identifier data transmitted from the user device, associate the asset identifier data and the location data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented method for associating a sorted asset with a sort location, the method comprising steps configured for:
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receiving, at a user device carried by a user, asset identifier data from an asset; storing at least a portion of the asset identifier data in a memory associated with the user device; determining the location of the user device relative to one or more location devices associated with a sort location based on a wireless communication between the user device and at least one of the one or more location devices; and after determining that the user device is proximate the sort location based on the wireless communication between the user device and the at least one of the one or more location devices, associating the asset identifier data with sort location data corresponding to the sort location. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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