| 7040536 |
Electronic shelf label systems and methods |
| May-9-2006 |
An electronic shelf label including an LCD display, a housing including a protective at least partially transparent cover layer disposed over the LCD display and in spaced relationship thereto, and an... |
| 7038573 |
Systems and methods for tracking the location of items within a controlled area |
| May-2-2006 |
A location tracking system for tracking the location of items within a controlled area comprises a plurality of RFID tags located according to the required accuracy of the location determinations. Vehicles... |
| 7035818 |
System and method for electronic inventory |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A system and method for conducting an inventory of tags, wherein each tag is assigned a Tag ID and a manufacturer number. Each tag can be attached to an item to take inventory of those items. A tag reader... |
| 7035704 |
Capacity management system and method |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A capacity management system and method. A demand priority for each foundry and commodity capacity demand is determined according to sales and product information thereof. A capacity is then allocated... |
| 7031782 |
Material reservation distribution system and method |
| Apr-18-2006 |
The present invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating material-driven processing in an industrial controller environment. Various models supported by database objects are provided to automatically... |
| 7024378 |
Retail system with drive-through check-out arrangement |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A novel retail system is provided with an advance ordering system that enables a customer to order a purchase in advance. At least one storage facility is arranged for storing goods available for ordering.... |
| 7020627 |
Material procurement system and a material procurement method |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A plurality of orderers with their own code systems procures materials from companies (supply companies) with which the orderers have business relations. In this material procurement system, a name register... |
| 7018117 |
Identification card printer ribbon cartridge |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A ribbon cartridge includes a cartridge housing, a supply spool, a take-up spool, and a supply of ribbon. The cartridge housing includes a supply spool enclosure, a take-up spool enclosure, a pair of ribbon... |
| 7016862 |
Method for enhancing security and providing assistance in the operation of a self-service checkout terminal |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A method of providing security during operation of a self-service checkout terminal includes the step of creating a transaction table which includes a plurality of records corresponding respectively to... |
| 7012528 |
Using radio frequency identification with transaction-specific correlator values written on transaction receipts to detect and/or prevent theft and shoplifting |
| Mar-14-2006 |
Techniques are disclosed for detecting shoplifting or theft, particularly in a retail environment, using radio-frequency identification ("RFID"). Preferred embodiments leverage RFID tags on merchandise... |
| 7006981 |
Assortment decisions |
| Feb-28-2006 |
Historical information is stored about demand behavior associated with different sizes of styles of items of commerce. A size assortment recommendation is generated based on the stored historical information... |
| 6998542 |
Scale |
| Feb-14-2006 |
The invention relates to a device to be used for the sale of goods in a store. Said device comprises a unit for generating goods-related signals, a unit for generating identification signals, which represent... |
| 6993498 |
Point-of-sale server and method |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method for use in marketing includes detecting, at the point-of-sale, a plurality of Uniform Product Codes associated with respective items purchased by a customer. The method also includes transmitting,... |
| 6989749 |
Electronic check out system |
| Jan-24-2006 |
An electronic check out system which utilizes radio frequency check out devices to check out tools from a centrally located tool storage facility and to identify the individual checking out the tool. The... |
| 6988080 |
Automated security and reorder system for transponder tagged items |
| Jan-17-2006 |
An automated security and reorder system for items maintained within a boundary. Each item has an associated transponder which is configured to transmit item identification data for indicating a secured... |
| 6988079 |
System and method for amalgamating multiple shipping companies using reusable containers and wide area networks |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A system and method for delivering packages using a vehicle such as a truck. The packages contain RFIDs that can be electronically queried when the truck is at a destination. A computer communicates to... |
| 6988078 |
Control system and method for currency exchange and merchandise sales |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A system for controlling currency exchange and merchandise sales on commercial airline flights includes a point-of-sale (POS) computer for receiving currency and merchandise inventory information preflight... |
| 6985870 |
Medication delivery system |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A medication delivery system (20) having features of the present invention comprises a medical container (26) holding a prescribed medication (27) to be delivered to a patient, a tag... |
| 6976001 |
Method and apparatus suitable for demand forecasting |
| Dec-13-2005 |
Method and apparatus suitable for demand forecasting. The invention can enable sales forecasting "by item, by size, by location". The invention features combining a demand profile and a demand model into... |
| 6970841 |
Large inventory-service optimization in configure-to-order systems |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A manufacturing process is migrated from an existing operation to a configure-to-order (CTO) system. As the CTO operation will eliminate the "machine-type model" (MTM) inventory of the existing operation,... |
| 6965866 |
Product warranty registration system and method |
| Nov-15-2005 |
A method for obtaining warranty registration of products, facilitating return of lost products, and expediting warranty service on defective products comprising providing a unique identifier on or within... |
| 6961709 |
System and method of managing inventory |
| Nov-1-2005 |
An inventory management system and method which wirelessly interrogate product labels to determine inventory. The system includes an electronic price label system including electronic displays which display... |
| 6958688 |
Theft tracking system and method |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A method and system for registering information about a variety of property items either centrally or in distributed fashion enables quick notification of proper authorities when the property item is stolen.... |
| 6957771 |
System for secure, identity authenticated, and immediate financial transactions as well as activation of varied instrumentalities |
| Oct-25-2005 |
The present invention concerns apparatus and methods for a family of electronic devices based on the concept of a Personalized Authenticated Controller (PAC). The PAC is able to recognize characteristics... |
| 6954734 |
Method of producing, selling, and distributing articles of manufacture |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A method of selling articles of manufacture which utilizes an electronic communication system to identify a plurality of articles of manufacture, from a plurality of manufacturing entities, which are available... |
| 6952680 |
Apparatus and method for tracking and managing physical assets |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A computer based system automatically gathers, analyzes, and delivers information relating to the procurement and utilization of a plurality of such assets, such as a fleet of industrial equipment, so... |
| 6952681 |
Tracking the distribution of prescription drugs and other controlled articles |
| Oct-4-2005 |
The disclosed system (System) was created to address many issues related the difficulty of maintaining control of pharmaceutical samples. By leveraging state of art technologies the System revolutionizes... |
| 6950826 |
Material and supplies ordering system |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A method for facilitating the ordering of construction supplies by a customer over the Internet is provided. The method comprises: receiving a supplier reference indicating a supplier; providing the customer... |
| 6944598 |
Binary trees for detecting inventory problems in an enterprise model |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A binary tree structure for detecting inventory problems. A first embodiment detects on-hand inventory problems. A second embodiment detects inventory requirements problems. Both embodiments use a binary... |
| 6941278 |
Freight information management method and freight management system using electronic tags |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A collection request inputted at a consignor destination system is recorded on an electronic tag attached to freight and sent to a collection management system so as to be received. During collection of... |
| 6932527 |
Card cartridge |
| Aug-23-2005 |
A card cartridge includes a housing having a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, and a base. The housing includes an interior cavity that is sized to... |
| 6925447 |
Responsive manufacturing and inventory control |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A medical device production and supply information management system synchronous with manufacturing, planning and scheduling, product consumption forecast, and component purchase to enable just-in-time... |
| 6922706 |
Data mining techniques for enhancing shelf-space management |
| Jul-26-2005 |
A computer method for enhancing shelf-space management. The method includes the steps of providing a shelf-space-requirements database comprising a compendium of individual shelf-space-requirements history;... |
| 6922676 |
Method and system for ordering items over the internet |
| Jul-26-2005 |
A system and method of ordering components over the Internet. A website owner would provide websites for one or more wholesalers including a home page for each of the wholesalers on the Internet as well... |
| 6922674 |
Computer implemented purchasing system with aftermarket product inventory display |
| Jul-26-2005 |
A list of aftermarket accessories for a selected vehicle model is displayed for incorporation into a purchase request generated by a potential buyer of the selected vehicle model. The list may be customized... |
| 6919802 |
Multi-layer method of accommodating code collisions from multiple surface acoustic wave identification tags |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A method of accommodating code collisions from multiple SAW identification tag coded response pulses. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) separating probable candidates by time-domain; (2) classifying... |
| 6919803 |
Low power remote asset monitoring |
| Jul-19-2005 |
Arrangement for monitoring an asset including an interior sensor system arranged on the asset to obtain information about contents in the interior of the asset, a location determining system arranged on... |
| 6915424 |
Method for theft detection and notification via a network |
| Jul-5-2005 |
A method and apparatus for preventing theft of an organization property is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus authenticates the ownership of an organization property by comparing stored... |
| 6912507 |
Method and apparatus for interactive shopping |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A wireless client (100) maintains (302) a shopping list of items desired by a shopper, and then transmits (304) the shopping list to an in-store shopping system (200). The in-store shopping system receives... |
| 6901430 |
Online system and method of locating consumer product having specific configurations in the enterprise production pipeline and inventory |
| May-31-2005 |
An online system of locating consumer product having specific configuration in an enterprise production pipeline and inventory is provided. The system includes a locate client process operable to receive... |
| 6901381 |
Method for rolling salable inventory control and system therefor |
| May-31-2005 |
To keep tab of a rolling or moving inventory loaded onto a moving transport such as for example a train, a number of upload/download workstations are dispersed among the various train stations of the transport... |
| 6897763 |
Retail signage management system |
| May-24-2005 |
A mobile retail signage management system includes a communication device capable of transmitting a specific location for which a corresponding sign needs to be positioned at the specific location; a portable... |
| 6886748 |
Apparatus and method for purchased product security |
| May-3-2005 |
There is disclosed a method and apparatus for encoding products with unique identifiers which are correlatable with the purchaser of a product. Data related to the purchaser is correlated at point of purchase... |
| 6879962 |
Logistics system and method |
| Apr-12-2005 |
A logistics method is disclosed that provides logistics computer programming for controlling a plurality of transports to supply a plurality of delivery locations from one or more bases. Each of the bases... |
| 6876980 |
Methods and systems for purchasing and inventory of paper and extended media products |
| Apr-5-2005 |
A system and method in a network-based inventory management system for providing information concerning inventory amounts and inventory ordering to at least one computer. In operation, a server first receives... |
| 6868397 |
Equipment information system and method |
| Mar-15-2005 |
An exemplary equipment information system and method are provided that allow equipment inventory to be efficiently and effectively tracked, monitored, and evaluated. A method for managing equipment information... |
| 6866194 |
Systems and methods for inventory management |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A veterinary inventory management system is disclosed which includes a computer, a scanning device capable of interfacing to the computer, at least one printer capable of interfacing to the computer, and... |
| 6850902 |
Method for tracking information and title history of selected equipment |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A method and system for gathering, storing, and tracking title and specific farm, lawn, and industrial equipment information in a multiple user-level centralized computer system accessible by users of... |
| 6847941 |
Method and device for central supply control |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A method and a device for central supply control of products having long delivery times from their manufacturing site to the dealers, including a data network having at least one central data bank, each... |
| 6843415 |
Event-based communication in a distributed item tracking system |
| Jan-18-2005 |
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for communicating item disposition information between publishers and subscribers such as RFID tag readers and item tracking systems. Event routers... |
