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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Benson Chan, Vestal, NY (US);
How Lin, Vestal, NY (US);
William Maines, Binghamton, NY (US);
Voya Markovich, Endwell, NY (US);
Benson Chan, Vestal, NY (US);
How Lin, Vestal, NY (US);
William Maines, Binghamton, NY (US);
Voya Markovich, Endwell, NY (US);
Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc., Endicott, NY (US);
Maines Paper and Food Service, Inc., Conklin, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for tracking goods, etc., food products, which involves identifying the received goods at a specified location and thereafter assigning an encoded readable code to each of the goods which can be only accessed by authorized personnel responsible for handling the goods on through to and including shipment, e.g., to customers. A host computer includes a database for encoding received identification data and thereafter encoding same to provide the readable codes. The method and system also allows the customer/recipient to access the codes to discern whether he/she has received the correct goods he purchased.