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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2005
Applicant:
S. Graham Stevens, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventor:
S. Graham Stevens, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Rutland, VT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for monitoring one or more products by grouping the products into lots are described. Methods and systems of the present invention provide significant benefits over adding an RFID tag to represent and monitor a group of products. For example, the present invention simplifies data management by monitoring information associated with lots, rather than each individual product. In addition, information pertaining to all products included in a lot may be obtained by although only a small portion of products in the lot can be identified.