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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
William Kress Bodin, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Lee Masterson, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Stephen James Watt, Leander, TX (US);
William Kress Bodin, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Lee Masterson, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Stephen James Watt, Leander, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for communicating the shelf position of an item within a storage unit. An item to be located in the storage unit is identified. The storage unit system determines the shelf position of the identified item. The system then communicates the shelf position of the identified item to the user. If the user requests multiple items, the optimal sequence of retrieval for the items is determined based on a user configurable algorithm.